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Or. Rev. Stat. § 471.045 (2026)

Liquor laws supersede and repeal inconsistent charters and ordinances

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      471.045 Liquor laws supersede and repeal inconsistent charters and ordinances. The Liquor Control Act, designed to operate uniformly throughout the state, shall be paramount and superior to and shall fully replace and supersede any and all municipal charter enactments or local ordinances inconsistent with it. Such charters and ordinances hereby are repealed.

 

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Cited in 4 cases, 1976–2018 · leading case: Allison v. Washington Cnty., 548 P.2d 188 (Or. Ct. App. 1976).
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Allison v. Washington Cnty., 548 P.2d 188 (Or. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 2× “I, § 39, that was not the case when Fouts v. Hood River, 46 Or.”
Sekne v. City of Portland, 726 P.2d 959 (Or. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 3× “In their complaint, plaintiffs alleged that the ordinances have been preempted by the Oregon Liquor Control Act, see ORS 471.045, and that they violate Article I, section 39, of the Oregon Constitution and the right to free expression guaranteed by Article I, section 8, of the…”
City of Corvallis v. Pi Kappa Phi, 428 P.3d 905 (Or. Ct. App. 2018). “As we have previously explained, because the Liquor Control Act's preemption statute, ORS 471.045, "provides only that inconsistent local ordinances are preempted by the Liquor Control Act, it is clear that the legislature did not intend to retain exclusive regulatory power in…”
City of Portland v. Sunseri, 673 P.2d 1369 (Or. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “) ORS 471.045 explains the legislature’s intent regarding preemption in the field of liquor control: *265 “The Liquor Control Act, designed to operate uniformly throughout the state, shall be paramount and superior to and shall fully replace and supersede any and all municipal…”
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