ORS 196.870: Abatement proceedings; restraining order; injunction; public compensation.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) In addition to any enforcement action taken under ORS 196.860, civil proceedings to abate alleged public nuisances under ORS 196.855 may be instituted at law or in equity, in the name of the State of Oregon, upon relation of the Director of the Department of State Lands or by any person in the person’s name. (2) Before beginning any action under subsection (1) of this section, a person other than the director shall provide 60 days notice to the director of the intended action. A person other than the director may not begin an action under subsection (1) of this section if the director has commenced and is diligently prosecuting civil, criminal or administrative proceedings in the same matter. (3) The director may institute an action in the name of the State of Oregon for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction if a threatened or existing nuisance under ORS 196.855 creates an emergency that requires immediate action to protect the public health, safety or welfare. The director shall not be required to furnish a bond in such proceeding. (4) The State Land Board, the Director of the Department of State Lands and the employees or duly authorized representatives of the Department of State Lands shall not be liable for any damages a defendant may sustain as a result of an injunction, restraining order or abatement order issued under this section. (5) A case filed under this section shall be given preference on the docket over all other civil cases except those given an equal preference by statute. (6) In any action brought under this section, the plaintiff may seek and the court may award a sum of money sufficient to compensate the public for any destruction or infringement of any public right of navigation, fishery or recreation resulting from an existing public nuisance under ORS 196.855. Any money received by the plaintiff under this subsection shall be deposited in the Common School Fund. [Formerly 541.660 and then 196.735]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 141-083-0800: Purpose and Applicability — implements
- OAR 141-083-0800: Purpose and Applicability — authority
- OAR 141-083-0810: Policies — implements
- OAR 141-083-0810: Policies — authority
- OAR 141-083-0820: Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-083-0820: Definitions — authority
- OAR 141-083-0830: Cable Easement Application Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-083-0830: Cable Easement Application Requirements — authority
- OAR 141-083-0840: Pre-Application and Application Review Process — implements
- OAR 141-083-0840: Pre-Application and Application Review Process — authority
- OAR 141-083-0850: Cable Easement Terms and Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-083-0850: Cable Easement Terms and Conditions — authority
- OAR 141-083-0860: Penalties — implements
- OAR 141-083-0860: Penalties — authority
- OAR 141-083-0870: Reconsideration of Decision — implements
- OAR 141-083-0870: Reconsideration of Decision — authority
- OAR 141-085-0510: Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-085-0520: Removal-Fill Jurisdiction by Volume of Material — implements
- OAR 141-085-0560: Public Review Process for Individual Removal - Fill Permit Applications — implements
- OAR 141-085-0565: Department Determinations and Considerations in Evaluating Individual Permit Applications — implements
- OAR 141-085-0685: Functions and Values Assessment — implements
- OAR 141-085-0690: Eligibility Requirements for CM — implements
- OAR 141-085-0692: Mitigation Accounting — implements
- OAR 141-085-0694: Special Requirement for CM — implements
- OAR 141-085-0710: Monitoring Requirements for CWM — implements
- OAR 141-086-0100: Duty to Notify of Proposed Activities Within Wetlands — authority
- OAR 141-090-0005: Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-090-0010: Applicability — implements
- OAR 141-090-0020: Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-090-0025: Procedures for Determinations Conducted Entirely by the Department — implements
- OAR 141-090-0030: Technical Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-090-0040: Procedures for Review and Approval of a Wetland Delineation Report Submitted to the Department for a Jurisdictional Determination — implements
- OAR 141-090-0045: Duration, Revision, Expiration and Reissuance of Jurisdictional Determinations — implements
- OAR 141-090-0050: Request for Reconsideration, Contested Case, and Appeal — implements
- OAR 141-090-0055: Effective Date — implements
- OAR 141-093-0141: Transportation-Related Structures - Eligibility Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-093-0141: Transportation-Related Structures - Eligibility Requirements — authority
- OAR 141-093-0250: Maintenance Dredging - Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-093-0255: Maintenance Dredging - Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-093-0260: Maintenance Dredging - Eligibility Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-093-0265: Maintenance Dredging - Specific Application Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-093-0270: Maintenance Dredging - Authorized Activities — implements
- OAR 141-093-0275: Maintenance Dredging - Specific Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-093-0280: Maintenance Dredging - Term and Reporting — implements
- OAR 141-102-0000: Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-102-0010: Policy — implements
- OAR 141-102-0020: Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-102-0030: Designation of Essential Salmon Habitat (ESH) — implements
- OAR 141-102-0040: Revisions to ESH — implements
- OAR 603-095-4000: Purpose and Applicability – Agricultural Drainage Channel Maintenance — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 196.860 — resolved
- ORS 196.855 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 196.875: Double and treble damages for destruction of public right of navigation, fishery or recreation; costs and attorney fees.
- ORS 390.835: Highest and best use of waters within scenic waterways; prohibitions; authority of various agencies; water rights; conditions; recreational prospecting; placer mining.
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors196.html