Oregon Code § 820.360·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Illegal ambulance lighting equipment; exemption; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense
of illegal ambulance lighting equipment if the person drives or moves on any
highway or owns and causes or knowingly permits to be driven or moved on any
highway an ambulance that does not contain and is not at all times equipped
with warning lights in proper condition and adjustment as required under ORS
820.350.
(2) This section
does not apply to any person or ambulance exempted by ORS 682.035 or 682.079
from regulation by the Oregon Health Authority.
(3) Authority of
political subdivisions to regulate warning lights on ambulances is limited
under ORS 682.031.
(4) The offense
described under this section, illegal ambulance lighting equipment, is a Class
C traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §763; 1995 c.383 §30; 2009 c.595 §1149]
Note:
The amendments to 820.360 by
section 20, chapter 278, Oregon Laws 2025, become operative January 1, 2027.
See section 24, chapter 278, Oregon Laws 2025. The text that is operative on
and after January 1, 2027, is set forth for the users convenience.
820.360.
(1) A person commits the offense
of illegal ambulance or organ transport vehicle lighting equipment if the
person drives or moves on any highway or owns and causes or knowingly permits
to be driven or moved on any highway an ambulance or organ transport vehicle
that does not contain and is not at all times equipped with warning lights in
proper condition and adjustment as required under ORS 820.350.
(2) This section
does not apply to any person or ambulance exempted by ORS 682.035 or 682.079
from regulation by the Oregon Health Authority.
(3) Authority of
political subdivisions to regulate warning lights on ambulances and organ
transport vehicles is limited under ORS 682.031.
(4) The offense
described under this section, illegal ambulance and organ transport vehicle
lighting equipment, is a Class C traffic violation.