Oregon Code § 830.480·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Accident report required; rules.
(1) The operator of any boat involved in an accident resulting in injury or
death to any person or damage to property in excess of the dollar amount
established by rule of the State Marine Board shall make a report of the
accident to the board in such form and manner as the board by rule may
prescribe.
(2) Whenever a
report is insufficient in the opinion of the board, it may require the operator
to file a supplemental report and may also require a witness to the accident to
render a report to the board.
(3) Whenever the
operator of a boat is physically incapable of making a required accident report
and there was another occupant in the boat at the time of the accident capable
of making a report, the occupant shall make or cause the report to be made. [Formerly
488.168; 1991 c.17 §1]