ORS 806.040: Judgments for which financial responsibility requirements established.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
Financial responsibility requirements are designed to provide for minimum payment of judgments of the type described in this section. For the purposes of ORS 806.130, 806.140, 809.130 and 809.470, judgments of the type described in this section must: (1) Have become final by expiration, without appeal, of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected or by final affirmation on appeal; (2) Be rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States; (3) Be upon a cause of action for damages of the type described under subsection (4) of this section or upon a cause of action on an agreement of settlement for such damages; and (4) Be for one or more of the following kinds of damage arising out of a motor vehicle accident on public or private property: (a) Damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person. (b) Damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof. [1983 c.338 §840; 1985 c.16 §424; 1987 c.258 §1; 1995 c.41 §4; 2003 c.175 §4; 2009 c.257 §10; 2021 c.630 §86]
This rule cites
- ORS 806.130 — resolved
- 806.140 — resolved
- 809.130 — resolved
- 809.470 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 806.130: Self-insurance.
- ORS 806.140: Certificate; issuance; cancellation.
- ORS 809.130: Suspension or revocation of driving privileges for unsettled judgment.
- ORS 809.415: Suspensions for conduct involving judgments, financial responsibility, dishonesty.
- ORS 809.470: When judgment considered settled for purposes of suspension requirements.
- ORS 822.033: Requirements for certificate of insurance; exemptions.
- OAR 735-050-0020: Self-Insurance Qualifications
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors806.html