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ORS 811.535

Known as the Milkman Mike Act

The act spans §§ 811–811 (201 sections).

Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case State v. Rodgers (2010)

Most recently applied in State v. Donaldson (April 2022)

1983 c.338 §663; 1995 c.383 §79

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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) A person commits the offense of failing to obey a police officer if the person refuses or fails to comply with any lawful order, signal or direction of a police officer who:

(a) Is displaying the police officer’s star or badge; and

(b) Has lawful authority to direct, control or regulate traffic.

(2) The offense described in this section, failing to obey a police officer, is a Class B traffic violation.

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