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Section 609.015 - Application of ORS 609.030 and 609.035 to 609.110. - (2) A county dog licensing and control program shall not...
Section 609.030 - Establishing dog control district; appointment of supervisors; enforcement; county governing body as supervisors; dog control officer. - (2) Upon declaration of the dog control district the county...
Section 609.035 - Definitions for ORS 609.035 to 609.110 and 609.990. - (1) "Boarding kennel": (a) Means, except as provided in paragraph...
Section 609.060 - Notice of county prohibition on dogs running at large. - (2) After 60 days from the date of the notice,...
Section 609.090 - Impounding certain dogs; procedure for county disposition of impounded dogs; impoundment fees and costs; release of dog. - (a) The dog is found running at large in violation...
Section 609.093 - Considerations prior to disposing of chasing, menacing or biting dog. - (1) If the dog has bitten a person, the circumstances...
Section 609.095 - Dog as public nuisance; public nuisance prohibited; complaint. - (a) Chases persons or vehicles on premises other than premises...
Section 609.098 - Maintaining dangerous dog. - (a) Without provocation and in an aggressive manner inflicts serious...
Section 609.100 - Dog licenses, tags and fees; exemptions. - (2) The county shall, at the time of issuing a...
Section 609.115 - Liability for injury or property damage caused by potentially dangerous dog. - (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section,...
Section 609.135 - Applicability of ORS 609.156, 609.162 and 609.168. - (2) Except as provided under subsections (1) and (3) of...
Section 609.140 - Right of action by owner of damaged livestock. - (2) If one or more of several dogs owned by...
Section 609.150 - Right to kill dog that harms or chases livestock. - (2) If any dog, not under the control of its...
Section 609.153 - Dog owner education program. - (2) The obligation of the department under subsection (1) of...
Section 609.155 - Impoundment for harming or chasing livestock; determination of fact; costs. - (2) If there is reason to believe that reasonable testing...
Section 609.156 - Opportunity to request hearing. - (2) A dog owner must cause a hearing request to...
Section 609.158 - Hearing process; notice of determination; reexamination of determination. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 9.160 and 9.320, the county may choose...
Section 609.161 - Disputable presumption that dog harms or chases livestock. - (1) The dog is found chasing livestock not the property...
Section 609.162 - Guidelines for imposing remedial measures, civil penalties or other sanctions. - (a) If the dog has engaged in chasing livestock and...
Section 609.163 - Enhanced civil penalties for habitual violators. - (2) If a county assesses a civil penalty under ORS...
Section 609.165 - Judicial review of county determination. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 34.030, a petition for review must be...
Section 609.166 - Record of penalized owners. - (2) The department shall maintain the record of a penalized...
Section 609.167 - Conversion of civil penalty into lien; disposition of proceeds. - (2) A civil penalty under ORS 609.162 or 609.163 is...
Section 609.168 - Microchip identification of dog; rules. - (2) The department shall maintain the record for a dog...
Section 609.169 - Keeping dog with knowledge that it has harmed livestock. - (2) A person is not prohibited from owning, harboring or...
Section 609.305 - "Exotic animal" defined. - (1) Any member of the family Felidae not indigenous to...
Section 609.329 - Liability for escape or injury. - (a) Costs incurred by any person or city, county or...
Section 609.335 - Department rules regulating keeping of exotic animals; sanctions for rule violations. - (2) The department may revoke a permit upon finding a...
Section 609.341 - Permit requirement for keeping of exotic animal; breeding of animal. - (2) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section,...
Section 609.345 - Exceptions to permit requirement. - (a) A wildlife rehabilitation center operated under a valid permit...
Section 609.351 - Issuance and renewal of exotic animal permit; fee. - (2) The department may, within one year of January 1,...
Section 609.355 - Issuance of permit upon lapse of federal license or registration. - (1) The person operated a facility under a valid license...
Section 609.405 - Requirement for destroying dogs and cats. - (2) If a particular dog or cat to be destroyed...
Section 609.410 - Disposition of dogs and cats by research facility. - (b) The research facility shall use a veterinarian or similarly...
Section 609.415 - Animal rescue entities; licensing; records; fees; rules; civil penalty. - (a) "Animal" means any nonhuman mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian or...
Section 609.420 - Investigation and inspection of animal rescue entity. - (2) At any reasonable time, an authorized representative of an...
Section 609.500 - Definitions for ORS 609.500 to 609.520 and 609.994. - (1) "Animal control officer" means any person operating under the...
Section 609.505 - Unlawfully obtaining dog or cat. - (a) Is an animal dealer; and (b) Obtains a companion...
Section 609.510 - Animal dealers required to keep records; report to State Department of Agriculture; fee; public inspection of records. - (a) The species, gender, approximate age, color and distinctive markings...
Section 609.515 - Required period of possession of animal by dealer. - (1) Returns the dog or cat to its rightful owner;...
Section 609.520 - Inspection of dealer records; procedure for obtaining animal held by dealer; penalty for failure to turn over animal; inspection of dealer facilities. - (b) The person may prove ownership of a companion animal...
Section 609.650 - Legislative findings. - (1) There is a clear link between animal cruelty and...
Section 609.652 - Definitions for ORS 609.654. - (1)(a) "Aggravated animal abuse" means any animal abuse as described...
Section 609.654 - Public or private official reporting of aggravated animal abuse; immunity. - (2) A report of suspected aggravated animal abuse authorized under...
Section 609.656 - Regulated social worker reporting of abuse or neglect; immunity. - (a) "Abuse or neglect" means: (A) Animal abuse in the...
Section 609.805 - Misrepresentation of pedigree; mutilation of certificate or proof of pedigree; violation. - (a) By any false representation and with intent to defraud,...
Section 609.815 - On-site individuals for locations where numerous dogs are kept. - (2) A person that possesses, controls or otherwise has charge...
Section 609.990 - Penalties for ORS 609.060, 609.095, 609.098, 609.100, 609.169 and 609.405; disposition of dog by court. - (2) Maintaining a public nuisance in violation of ORS 609.095...
Section 609.992 - Penalties for ORS 609.341; transfer of rights in exotic animal. - (2) In addition to and not in lieu of any...
Section 609.994 - Penalties for ORS 609.510 to 609.520; cause of action for damages; injunctions. - (2) A person has a cause of action for the...