(2) A record of the findings of the department supporting a determination of ownership shall be made and retained by the department for three years.
(3) The department shall have 20 days after receiving a notice described in ORS 607.313 to determine the owner of an estray animal. If the department determines the owner of the animal within 20 days, the department shall send written notice to the owner and the person taking up the animal, at their last-known addresses. The notice shall contain the matters described in ORS 607.328 (2)(b). If the owner does not appear and claim the animal prior to sale, in accordance with ORS 607.332, the sale shall be carried out as provided in ORS 607.328. [1953 c.367 §4; 1975 c.65 §5; 1981 c.413 §2; 2009 c.336 §8]
Structure 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 607.311 - Taking up estray animal; prohibition.
Section 607.313 - Notice to department by persons taking up estray animal; recovery of costs.
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 607.360 - 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.