Title heads, chapter heads, division heads, section and subsection heads or titles and explanatory notes, in the statute laws described in ORS 174.510 (1) and in parts of Oregon Revised Statutes, do not constitute any part of the law.
ORS 174.540
Applied in 20 court decisions — leading case Hughes v. State of Oregon (1992)
Most recently applied in 325 Or. App. 37 - Bush v. City of Prineville (March 2023)
1953 c.3 §4; 1961 c.90 §5; 2013 c.1 §15
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