Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 506.550 (2026)

Search by peace officers to enforce commercial fishing laws

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      506.550 Search by peace officers to enforce commercial fishing laws. The officers mentioned in ORS 506.521 may search and examine all places where food fish may be kept, sold or secreted and examine all packages, boxes and bundles held either for storage or shipment which they have reason to believe contain evidence of violation of the commercial fishing laws. [Amended by 1965 c.570 §50]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1990–1990 · leading case: State v. Saunders, 799 P.2d 159 (Or. Ct. App. 1990).
State v. Saunders, 799 P.2d 159 (Or. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 56× “The state first contends that a warrant was unnecessary, because the seizure was pursuant to an "administrative search" authorized by ORS 506.550. According to the state, that statute authorized the search and seizure for the same reasons that we upheld a warrantless inspection…”
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