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ORS 480.120

Known as the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Law

The act spans §§ 480–480 (117 sections).

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 134 Or. App. 154 - State v. Knox (1995)

Most recently applied in 193 Or. App. 629 - State Ex Rel. Juvenile Department v. Garrett (June 2004)

Amended by 1983 c.788 §1; 1985 c.789 §1

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(1) No person shall sell, keep or offer for sale, expose for sale, possess, use, explode or have exploded any fireworks within Oregon, except as follows:

(a) Sales by manufacturers and wholesalers to customers residing outside this state in accordance with ORS 480.156;

(b) Sales to persons or organizations having obtained a permit from the State Fire Marshal for supervised public display;

(c) Sales to railroads, boats, motor vehicle or other transportation agencies, to be used for signal, warning or illumination purposes in connection with such business;

(d) Sale or use of blank cartridges for licensed shows or theaters or for signal or ceremonial purposes in athletics or sports;

(e) Experimental purposes by a manufacturer of explosives at such places where such experiments are normally conducted;

(f) Sale of blank cartridges for use by the militia or any organization of war veterans or other organization authorized by law to parade in public a color guard armed with firearms;

(g) Sale of shells, cartridges, gunpowder or explosives for use in legally permitted firearms;

(h) Sales of items described in ORS 480.127 to persons who possess the retail sales permit required by ORS 480.127 by a person who holds a manufacturer or wholesaler license issued pursuant to ORS 480.111 to 480.165; or

(i) Sales of items described in ORS 480.127 to individual members of the general public for personal use by taking direct delivery of those items at the time of sale from the holder of a retail sale permit issued pursuant to ORS 480.127.

(2) Law enforcement officers of the state, county or municipality shall enforce the provisions of ORS 480.111 to 480.165.

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.