2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 819 - Destroyed, Totaled, Abandoned, Low-Value and Stolen Vehicles; Vehicle Identification Numbers; Vehicle Appraisers
Section 819.014 - Insurer failure to follow procedures for totaled vehicle; penalty.


(a) Obtain the certificate of title from the owner of the vehicle as a condition of settlement of the claim and surrender it to the Department of Transportation within 30 days of its receipt; or
(b) If the insurer does not obtain the certificate from the registered owner, notify the department that the vehicle is a totaled vehicle within 30 days of declaring it to be so, or taking title to or possession of it, and notify the registered owner of the vehicle that the registered owner must surrender the certificate to the department and must notify any subsequent purchaser that the vehicle is a totaled vehicle.
(2) If the vehicle is one for which title was issued in a form other than a certificate, the insurer shall notify the department that the vehicle is a totaled vehicle and shall follow procedures adopted by the department by rule.
(3) The offense described in this section, insurer failure to follow procedures for a totaled vehicle, is a violation of the Insurance Code, as provided in ORS 746.308. [1991 c.820 §4a; 1993 c.233 §59]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation

Chapter 819 - Destroyed, Totaled, Abandoned, Low-Value and Stolen Vehicles; Vehicle Identification Numbers; Vehicle Appraisers

Section 819.010 - Failure to comply with requirements for destruction of vehicle; exception; penalty.

Section 819.012 - Failure to follow procedures for a totaled vehicle; penalty.

Section 819.014 - Insurer failure to follow procedures for totaled vehicle; penalty.

Section 819.016 - When salvage title required; rules.

Section 819.018 - Failure to notify subsequent purchaser of condition of vehicle; rules; penalty.

Section 819.030 - Department procedure on receipt of title or notice.

Section 819.040 - Illegal salvage procedures; penalty.

Section 819.100 - Abandoning a vehicle; penalty.

Section 819.110 - Custody, towing and sale or disposal of abandoned vehicle; general provisions.

Section 819.120 - Immediate custody and towing of vehicle constituting hazard or obstruction; rules.

Section 819.140 - Agencies having authority to take vehicle into custody; powers of agency taking custody.

Section 819.150 - Rights and liabilities of owner.

Section 819.160 - Lien for towing.

Section 819.170 - Notice prior to taking vehicle into custody and towing; methods; contents.

Section 819.180 - Notice after taking into custody and towing; method; contents.

Section 819.190 - Hearing to contest validity of custody and towing.

Section 819.210 - Sale or disposal of vehicle not reclaimed.

Section 819.215 - Disposal of vehicle appraised at $500 or less; notice; rules.

Section 819.280 - Disposal of vehicle at request of person in lawful possession; rules.

Section 819.300 - Possession of a stolen vehicle; penalty.

Section 819.310 - Trafficking in stolen vehicles; penalty.

Section 819.400 - Assignment of numbers.

Section 819.410 - Failure to obtain vehicle identification number for unnumbered vehicle; exception; penalty.

Section 819.420 - Failure to obtain vehicle identification number for vehicle with altered or removed number; penalty.

Section 819.430 - Trafficking in vehicles with destroyed or altered identification numbers; penalty.

Section 819.440 - Police seizure of vehicle without identification number; inspection; disposition of vehicle; disposition of moneys from sale.

Section 819.480 - Vehicle appraiser certificate; rules.

Section 819.482 - Acting as vehicle appraiser without certificate; penalty.