ORS 819.016
When salvage title required

  • rules

(1)

Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, when the provisions of ORS 819.010 (Failure to comply with requirements for destruction of vehicle), 819.012 (Failure to follow procedures for a totaled vehicle) or 819.014 (Insurer failure to follow procedures for totaled vehicle) require a person to surrender to the Department of Transportation a certificate of title for a vehicle, or when a person acquires a vehicle under the provisions of ORS 819.215 (Disposal of vehicle appraised at $500 or less), the person shall apply to the department for a salvage title for the vehicle. The application shall comply with the requirements of ORS 803.140 (Application).

(2)

When the person is not required to surrender a certificate of title because title for the vehicle was issued in some other form, the person shall follow procedures adopted by the department by rule.

(3)

Subsections (1) and (2) of this section do not apply if the person:

(a)

Does not intend to rebuild or repair the vehicle, to transfer the vehicle or to use the frame or unibody of the vehicle for repairing or constructing another vehicle; or

(b)

Rebuilds or repairs the vehicle and applies to title the vehicle with the designation of assembled, reconstructed or replica. [1991 c.820 §23; 1991 c.873 §26; 1993 c.233 §60; 2009 c.371 §3; 2021 c.630 §8]

Source: Section 819.016 — When salvage title required; rules, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors819.­html.

819.010
Failure to comply with requirements for destruction of vehicle 819.012
Failure to follow procedures for a totaled vehicle 819.014
Insurer failure to follow procedures for totaled vehicle 819.016
When salvage title required 819.018
Failure to notify subsequent purchaser of condition of vehicle 819.030
Department procedure on receipt of title or notice 819.040
Illegal salvage procedures 819.100
Abandoning a vehicle 819.110
Custody, towing and sale or disposal of abandoned vehicle 819.120
Immediate custody and towing of vehicle constituting hazard or obstruction 819.140
Agencies having authority to take vehicle into custody 819.150
Rights and liabilities of owner 819.160
Lien for towing 819.170
Notice prior to taking vehicle into custody and towing 819.180
Notice after taking into custody and towing 819.185
Procedure for vehicles that have no identification markings 819.190
Hearing to contest validity of custody and towing 819.200
Exemption from notice and hearing requirements for vehicle held in criminal investigation 819.210
Sale or disposal of vehicle not reclaimed 819.215
Disposal of vehicle appraised at $500 or less 819.280
Disposal of vehicle at request of person in lawful possession 819.300
Possession of a stolen vehicle 819.310
Trafficking in stolen vehicles 819.400
Assignment of numbers 819.410
Failure to obtain vehicle identification number for unnumbered vehicle 819.420
Failure to obtain vehicle identification number for vehicle with altered or removed number 819.430
Trafficking in vehicles with destroyed or altered identification numbers 819.440
Police seizure of vehicle without identification number 819.480
Vehicle appraiser certificate 819.482
Acting as vehicle appraiser without certificate
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through early 2024

§ 819.016’s source at oregon​.gov