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Or. Rev. Stat. § 477.993 (2026)

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      477.993 Penalties. (1) Violation of any of the provisions of ORS 477.510, 477.515, 477.535 to 477.550, 477.565, 477.615, 477.625, 477.635 to 477.670, 477.695, 477.710, 477.720 or 477.740, or any rule or order adopted pursuant thereto, is a violation punishable as follows:

      (a) For the first offense, as a Class D violation.

      (b) For the second offense, as a Class C violation.

      (c) For the third offense, as a Class A violation.

      (2) Multiple violations of any single requirement of this chapter, or of any rule or order adopted pursuant thereto, in an operation area shall be considered a single violation. However, each day a violation continues shall be considered a separate violation.

      (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, violations of any of the statutes listed in subsection (1) of this section which proximately cause human injury, loss of human life or property damage of $10,000 or more, and unauthorized entry into a fire scene secured under the authority of ORS 477.365 (1)(f), may be punishable as a Class A misdemeanor.

      (4) Violations and punishments set forth in this section and ORS 477.740 are in addition to and not in lieu of the provisions of ORS 164.305 to 164.335. [Subsections (1) and (2) of 1963 Replacement Part and subsections (1) to (3) enacted as 1959 c.363 §15 (in lieu of 477.990); subsection (6) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1959 c.408 §6; subsection (7) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1959 c.320 §8; subsection (8) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.689 §11; subsection (5) enacted as 1961 c.603 §15; 1965 c.253 §136; 1971 c.562 §2; 1971 c.743 §390; 1993 c.697 §8; 1995 c.605 §4; 1997 c.274 §34; 1999 c.1051 §103]

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1964–2016 · leading case: State v. Turnidge, 374 P.3d 853 (Or. 2016).
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State v. Turnidge, 374 P.3d 853 (Or. 2016). “285 (employer liable for breach of statutory duty to reasonably safeguard employee’s trade equipment if breach is “proximate cause” of damage to or theft of equipment); ORS 477.993 (violation of specified statutes relating to protection of forests and vegetation from fires…”
State Forester v. Obrist, 390 P.2d 333 (Or. 1964). “715, subsections (1) to (5) of ORS 477.993 and subsection (4) of ORS 761.”
State v. Johnson, 462 P.2d 687 (Or. Ct. App. 1969). “060(2), whereas, with only one exception which we have found (ORS 477.993(1) and (2) —labeled criminal by use of the words “upon conviction”), the criminal statutes reach the result by declaring each day a separate violation.”
State v. Excel Logging Co., 750 P.2d 177 (Or. Ct. App. 1988). “625 et seq; ORS 477.993(4). Before trial, it filed a motion for an omnibus hearing, contending that OAR 629-43-026(2) is unconstitutionally vague and void on its face.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 477.993(1) — 1 case
State v. Johnson, 462 P.2d 687 (Or. Ct. App. 1969). “060(2), whereas, with only one exception which we have found (ORS 477.993(1) and (2) —labeled criminal by use of the words “upon conviction”), the criminal statutes reach the result by declaring each day a separate violation.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 477.993(4) — 1 case
State v. Excel Logging Co., 750 P.2d 177 (Or. Ct. App. 1988). “625 et seq; ORS 477.993(4). Before trial, it filed a motion for an omnibus hearing, contending that OAR 629-43-026(2) is unconstitutionally vague and void on its face.”
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