Known as the Wildlife Trafficking Prevention Act
The act spans §§ 498–498 (225 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case State v. Ledford (1980)
Most recently applied in State v. Stockert (April 2020)
1973 c.723 §88a; 1977 c.136 §3
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) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no person shall hunt wildlife with the aid of any artificial light.
(2) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission, by rule, may authorize hunting with the aid of an artificial light for the purpose of taking raccoon, opossum or bobcat or to alleviate damage by wildlife to other resources.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.