(1) A vehicle identification number provided under this section shall be assigned by the department and permanently attached to the vehicle or component as prescribed by the department.
(2) A vehicle identification number provided under this section shall be furnished by the department.
(3) The vehicle identification number shall be affixed on an appropriate place on the vehicle or component by the department or, at the discretion of the department, by a police agency that has custody of the vehicle or component.
(4) The department shall not assign a vehicle identification number to a vehicle or component from which the identification number assigned to the vehicle or component has been removed, defaced, covered, altered or destroyed unless the vehicle or component has been:
(a) Held and inspected by a police agency under ORS 819.440; or
(b) Inspected by a specially qualified inspector or police officer for the purpose of locating the identification number and if the number is found it shall be checked with the list of stolen vehicles maintained by the National Crime Information Center. [1983 c.338 §293; 1985 c.253 §9]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation
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 819.150 - 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 819.430 - Trafficking in vehicles with destroyed or altered identification numbers; penalty.
Section 819.480 - Vehicle appraiser certificate; rules.
Section 819.482 - Acting as vehicle appraiser without certificate; penalty.