Oregon Code § 822.070·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Conducting illegal vehicle rebuilding business; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense
of conducting an illegal vehicle rebuilding business if the person is not the
holder of a valid current dealer certificate issued under ORS 822.020 and the
person does any of the following as part of a business:
(a) Buys, sells
or deals in assembled or reconstructed motor vehicles.
(b) Engages in
making assembled or reconstructed vehicles from motor vehicle components.
(2) This section
does not apply to the following persons or vehicles:
(a) An insurance
adjuster authorized to do business under ORS 744.515 or 744.521 who is
disposing of vehicles for salvage.
(b) Vehicles or
persons exempt from the vehicle dealer certificate requirements by ORS 822.015
(1)(a) or (i).
(c) Motor
vehicles that are not of a type required to be registered under the vehicle
code.
(d) The holder of
a dismantler certificate issued under ORS 822.110.
(3) The offense
described in this section, conducting an illegal vehicle rebuilding business,
is a Class A misdemeanor. [1985 c.16 §400; 1997 c.469 §9; 2003 c.655 §134; 2005
c.654 §18; 2009 c.551 §5; 2015 c.111 §2; 2019 c.151 §44; 2025 c.415 §36]