A person commits the offense of failure to register a farm vehicle properly if the person is the new owner of a vehicle with registration under ORS 805.300 (Farm vehicle registration), and the person operates the vehicle before properly registering it.
(2)
Nothing in this section prohibits a person from registering the vehicle under ORS 805.300 (Farm vehicle registration) if qualifications for registration under that section are met.
(3)
The offense described in this section, failure to register a farm vehicle properly, is a Class A misdemeanor. [1983 c.338 §776; 1985 c.16 §373; 1993 c.741 §137]