Known as the Oregon Vehicle Code
The act spans §§ 801–801 (187 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Olmstead (1990)
Most recently applied in 334 Or. App. 34 - State v. Yocom (July 2024)
1983 c.338 §101; 1985 c.16 §27; 1999 c.1051 §84; 2015 c.138 §17
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.
“Traffic offense” means any of the following offenses:
(1) Any violation of a traffic ordinance of a city, municipal or quasi-municipal corporation, except ordinances governing parking of vehicles.
(2) Any provision of law for which a criminal or traffic violation penalty is provided in the vehicle code.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.