ORS 825.100: Certificate or permit required for commercial transportation of persons or property on public highways; certificate required for transport of household goods.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
ORS sections in this chapter were amended or repealed by the Legislative Assembly during its 2025 special session. See the table of ORS sections amended or repealed during the 2025 special session: 2025 ss A&R Tables New sections of law were added by legislative action to this ORS
(1) A person may not operate any motor vehicle, whether loaded or empty, on any highway in this state as a carrier in the transportation of persons or property without possessing, in addition to any license required by any other law, a valid certificate or permit from the Department of Transportation authorizing the proposed operation. Each operation of a motor vehicle in violation of this subsection is a separate violation, whether the prohibited operations occur within the same day or different days or relate to the same motor vehicle or different motor vehicles. (2) A person may not offer to transport, advertise as willing to transport or transport household goods for-hire in intrastate commerce without a valid certificate from the department. Each act described in this subsection is a separate violation subject to penalties under ORS 825.950 (1)(c). [Formerly 767.105; 2025 c.17 §8]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 740-030-0010: Applicability, References and Terminology — implements
- OAR 740-035-0010: Applications for Authority or Change of Authority — implements
- OAR 740-035-0050: Holding Out as For-Hire Carrier — implements
- OAR 740-035-0145: Application for New Permit Authority — implements
- OAR 740-045-0110: Lease of Vehicles by Household Goods Carriers — implements
- OAR 740-045-0120: Registration and Identification — implements
- OAR 740-045-0130: Leased Vehicles in Interstate Commerce — implements
- OAR 740-045-0150: Highway Use Taxes, Responsibility During Lease — implements
- OAR 740-045-0170: Leasing, Loaning, or Renting of Certificates, Licenses or Permits Prohibited — implements
- OAR 740-050-0010: Regulation of Oregon Intrastate Motor Carrier Rates and Routes, Classifications and Mileage Guides — implements
- OAR 740-050-0060: Form of Appointment of Agent — implements
- OAR 740-050-0110: Suspension of Tariff and Schedule Publications — implements
- OAR 740-050-0120: Rejected Tariffs — implements
- OAR 740-300-0030: Violation of ORS 825.100(1), Relating to Operating Without a Permit — Penalties — implements
- OAR 740-300-0035: Violation of ORS 825.100(2) — Penalties — implements
- OAR 740-300-0055: Mitigation for Violations Described in OAR 740-300-0035 — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 825.950 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 656.027: Who are subject workers.
- ORS 801.455: “School activity vehicle.”
- ORS 801.610: “Worker transport bus.”
- ORS 823.012: Suspension of laws during emergency.
- ORS 825.020: Applicability of chapter to certain vehicles and combinations over 26,000 pounds.
- ORS 825.304: Vehicle owner to be made party to certificate or permit enforcement proceedings; dismissal of charges against driver.
- ORS 825.474: Motor carrier tax for use of highways.
- ORS 825.950: Civil penalty for violation of this chapter, ORS chapter 818 or 826, or rule or order of department.
- OAR 740-045-0110: Lease of Vehicles by Household Goods Carriers
- OAR 740-300-0030: Violation of ORS 825.100(1), Relating to Operating Without a Permit — Penalties
- OAR 740-300-0035: Violation of ORS 825.100(2) — Penalties
- OAR 740-300-0055: Mitigation for Violations Described in OAR 740-300-0035
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors825.html