2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 607 - Livestock Districts; Stock Running at Large
Section 607.005 - Definitions.


(1) "Class of livestock" means a class, species, genus or sex of livestock, including a class, species or genus of neutered livestock.
(2) "Department" means the State Department of Agriculture.
(3) "Federal land" means a tract of land containing 25,000 acres or more owned or administered by, or under the jurisdiction of, the United States and not subject to the laws of this state.
(4) "Livestock" means animals of the bovine species, horses, mules, asses, sheep, goats and swine.
(5) "Livestock district" means an area wherein it is unlawful for livestock or a class of livestock to run at large.
(6) "Open range" means an area wherein livestock may lawfully be permitted to run at large. [Amended by 1957 c.604 §2; part derived from 1957 c.604 §§17,28; 1971 c.647 §132; 1981 c.413 §5; 1983 c.83 §107]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food

Chapter 607 - Livestock Districts; Stock Running at Large

Section 607.005 - Definitions.

Section 607.007 - "Adequate fence," "estray animal," "taking up" defined.

Section 607.018 - Livestock district creation or annexation.

Section 607.021 - Livestock district characteristics.

Section 607.024 - Action on livestock district application.

Section 607.028 - Livestock district withdrawals or dissolution.

Section 607.032 - Publication of county governing body declarations.

Section 607.045 - Livestock at large in livestock districts.

Section 607.055 - Application of livestock confinement laws to federal lands.

Section 607.085 - Civil liability for bison running at large on land.

Section 607.261 - Stock running at large on open range.

Section 607.303 - Owner or lessee of property taking up estray animal; notice to owner and department.

Section 607.304 - Delivery of estray animal to department or owner; payment of costs to person taking up animal; arbitration of costs; fee.

Section 607.311 - Taking up estray animal; prohibition.

Section 607.313 - Notice to department by persons taking up estray animal; recovery of costs.

Section 607.321 - Investigation by department upon receipt of notice; procedure if department determines owner.

Section 607.328 - Procedure for sale of estray animal; notice.

Section 607.332 - Claim by owner before sale.

Section 607.337 - Use of proceeds from sale to pay department costs.

Section 607.338 - Use of proceeds from sale to pay person taking up animal; arbitration of costs; fee.

Section 607.345 - Interfering with calves and colts on open range; selling freshly branded cattle or horses.

Section 607.360 - Applicability of statutes regulating handling of calves and colts.

Section 607.365 - Driving domestic animals from range.

Section 607.505 - Stock running at large and grazing on Klamath Falls-Malin Highway.

Section 607.510 - Stock running at large and grazing on certain state highways.

Section 607.527 - Stock herded or grazed on interstate and defense highways.

Section 607.992 - Penalties.