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2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation
Chapter 830 - Small Watercraft
Section 830.944 - Offenses.

Universal Citation:
OR Rev Stat § 830.944 (2025)
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(1) A person commits the offense of abandoning a vessel if the person leaves a vessel without authorization on public or private land, the waters of this state, or any other water.

(2) A person commits the offense of failure to remove an abandoned vessel if the person is the owner of an abandoned vessel and, after notice is given under ORS 830.918, the person fails to move the vessel to a place where the vessel can be lawfully kept within the time specified in the notice, or within the time allowed under an order issued under ORS 830.936 (5).

(3) A person commits the offense of possession of a derelict vessel if:

(a) The person is the owner of a derelict vessel and, after notice is given under ORS 830.918, the person fails to remedy the problems identified in the notice within the time specified in the notice, or within the time allowed under an order issued under ORS 830.936 (5); or

(b) The person in possession or control of a vessel knowingly, intentionally, recklessly or with criminal negligence, as those terms are defined in ORS 161.085, causes a vessel to become a derelict vessel. [2013 c.680 §12; 2025 c.90 §10]

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