ORS 377.650
Personal property on state highway

Any personal property not coming within the definition of junk, except a vehicle as defined in ORS 801.590 (“Vehicle.”) or a manufactured structure as defined in ORS 446.561 (Definitions for ORS 446.566 to 446.646), that is deposited, left or displayed on a state highway is hereby found and declared to be a public nuisance. Except as provided in ORS 377.653 (Personal property under state highway bridge), the Director of Transportation may do any of the following with respect to personal property declared to be a nuisance by this section:

(1)

Ten days after written notice is mailed to the person owning the personal property, the director may institute on behalf of the Department of Transportation any legal proceedings the director considers necessary to prevent the violation of this section.

(2)

Ten days after written notice, the director may remove the personal property and store it. After 30 days of storage, unless claimed sooner by the owner, the director may sell or otherwise dispose of the personal property. Where removal is performed by the director, the director shall not be liable for any conversion of personal property and may collect the cost for removal, storage and sale or disposal of the personal property from the person owning it.

(3)

If the property is a sign, as defined under ORS 377.710 (Definitions for ORS 377.700 to 377.844), that is portable or if the property has been repeatedly deposited, left or displayed in violation of this section, the director may follow the procedures under ORS 377.655 (Rules for removal and disposition of signs and property in violation of ORS 377.650). This subsection applies notwithstanding any other provision of this section. [1975 c.262 §4; 1983 c.338 §925; 1985 c.110 §1; 1993 c.741 §53; 1999 c.59 §102; 2003 c.655 §73; 2011 c.84 §3]

Source: Section 377.650 — Personal property on state highway, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors377.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

377.030
Destruction or removal of trees on state highways without permission prohibited 377.040
Application to department to remove trees along state highways 377.050
Consent of department for removal of trees along state highways 377.100
Study of highway system 377.105
Effect of designation as historic and scenic highway 377.505
Definitions for ORS 377.505 to 377.540 377.510
Signs visible from state highways regulated 377.515
Removal of nonconforming signs deferred 377.521
Status of previously designated scenic areas 377.540
Director of Transportation to enforce orders and render administrative assistance 377.605
Definitions for ORS 377.605 to 377.655 377.610
Public policy on junkyards 377.615
Director’s authority to promulgate regulations, enter into agreements with federal government 377.620
Restrictions on maintaining or establishing junkyard along highway 377.625
Screening junkyard located in restricted area 377.630
Removing junkyard from restricted area 377.635
Junkyard in violation of restrictions declared a public nuisance 377.640
Acquisition of land necessary to screen or relocate junkyards 377.645
Expenditure of moneys to screen or relocate junkyards prior to availability of federal matching funds 377.650
Personal property on state highway 377.653
Personal property under state highway bridge 377.655
Rules for removal and disposition of signs and property in violation of ORS 377.650 377.700
Short title 377.705
Policy 377.707
Identifying location of signs on construction plans 377.708
Effect on certain signs of transfer of jurisdiction over state highway 377.710
Definitions for ORS 377.700 to 377.844 377.712
Issuance of permits for certain preexisting signs 377.713
Compensation following partial or total loss of outdoor advertising sign 377.715
Application of ORS 377.700 to 377.844 377.720
Prohibited signs 377.723
Affidavit of city or county necessary for issuance of sign permit 377.725
Permit 377.729
Fees for sign permits and business licenses 377.730
License for business of maintaining or erecting signs 377.735
Exemptions from sign permit requirements 377.737
Giving or receiving compensation or value for signs 377.740
ORS 377.700 to 377.844 not intended to authorize signs prohibited by other governmental units 377.745
Limitation on form and size of signs 377.750
Spacing between signs 377.753
Permits for outdoor advertising signs 377.756
Permits for signs erected by city or unincorporated community 377.757
Requirements for signs authorized by ORS 377.756 377.758
Notification by federal authorities of illegal sign 377.759
Issuance of relocation credits for removal of outdoor advertising signs from scenic byway 377.762
Issuance of relocation credits for removal of sign 377.763
Consolidation of relocation credits 377.765
Status of previously existing signs 377.767
Relocation of existing outdoor advertising sign 377.768
Effect of relocation permit on existing sign permit 377.770
Signs in protected, commercial or industrial areas 377.773
When sign abandoned 377.775
Removal procedure for noncomplying signs 377.777
Action to enjoin person from violation of ORS 377.700 to 377.844 377.780
Removal of outdoor advertising signs 377.787
Contracts to study traveler information needs 377.790
Construction, maintenance and operation of tourist and motorist informational signs 377.795
Allocation of costs of telephone informational system 377.800
Tourist and motorist informational signs 377.805
Form of tourist and motorist informational signs 377.820
Application for tourist or motorist informational sign permit 377.825
Fees for sign applications, maintenance costs and reinstallation 377.830
Limitation on motorist informational sign permits 377.831
Application for digital billboard permit 377.833
Public notifications 377.835
Creation of Travel Information Council as semi-independent state agency 377.836
Application of certain statutes to Travel Information Council 377.838
Authority of executive director of Travel Information Council 377.839
Authority of Travel Information Council 377.840
Travel Information Council account 377.841
Roadside rest areas 377.842
Refreshments at roadside rest areas 377.844
Enforcement of rules regarding health and safety 377.845
Use of funds by Department of Transportation after repayment of highway fund 377.880
Informational materials in roadside rest areas 377.885
Department of Transportation Human Trafficking Awareness Fund 377.887
State Parks and Recreation Department Human Trafficking Awareness Fund 377.992
Penalties

Current through early 2026

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