Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 199 Or. App. 577 - Matter of Marriage of Tsukamaki (2005)
Most recently applied in Truck Insurance Exchange v. Friend (November 2012)
1983 c.338 §174; 1991 c.873 §29
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.
A certificate of title is prima facie evidence of the ownership of a vehicle or of an interest therein. In all actions, suits or criminal proceedings, when the title to or right of possession of any vehicle is involved, proof of the ownership or right to possession shall be made by means of:
(1) The original certificate of title issued by the Department of Transportation;
(2) A salvage title certificate issued by the department; or
(3) The department records as provided under ORS 802.240.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.