ORS 811.555: Illegal stopping, standing or parking; affirmative defense; penalty.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) A person commits the offense of illegal stopping, standing or parking if: (a) The person stops, parks or leaves standing a vehicle in a place where such stopping, parking or standing is prohibited under ORS 811.550; or (b) The person is the owner of an unattended vehicle parked in a place where such parking is prohibited under ORS 811.550. (2) Exemptions from this section are established under ORS 811.560. (3) A police officer, under authority granted by ORS 810.430, may move or require to be moved a vehicle that is stopped, parked or left standing in violation of this section. (4) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution of the owner of a vehicle under subsection (1)(b) of this section that the use of the vehicle was not authorized by the owner, either expressly or by implication. (5) The offense described by this section, illegal stopping, standing or parking, is a Class D traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §668; 1987 c.687 §4]
This rule cites
- ORS 811.550 — resolved
- ORS 811.560 — resolved
- ORS 810.430 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 810.370: Court to forward traffic conviction records to department; exceptions.
- ORS 810.425: Procedure in certain parking cases.
- ORS 810.430: Movement of illegally parked vehicles.
- ORS 810.550: Authority of railroad officers to move illegally parked vehicles.
- ORS 811.550: Places where stopping, standing and parking prohibited.
- ORS 811.560: Exemptions from prohibitions on stopping, standing or parking.
- ORS 819.160: Lien for towing.
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors811.html