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Or. Rev. Stat. § 607.527 (2026)

Stock herded or grazed on interstate and defense highways

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      607.527 Stock herded or grazed on interstate and defense highways. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 366.460, 366.465, 374.340 and 607.045 (2) and notwithstanding the existence of an open range area, except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, no person, except in case of emergency, shall drive, herd, pasture, graze, range, tether or stake any livestock, as defined by ORS 607.005, within the boundaries of the right of way for a state highway that is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways, to wit: Interstate 5, Interstate 84, or Interstate 82. This section is not intended to prohibit the hauling of livestock, in vehicles, on a highway or the use of structures or undercrossings, constructed and approved as provided by law, as stock ways, nor to abrogate a duty provided under ORS 607.303 to 607.341.

      (2) Upon application by an owner or person in charge of livestock, the Director of Transportation or duly authorized local representative may issue written permits, on such terms as the person finds proper, authorizing the owner or person in charge of livestock to herd or drive the livestock on a single trip across or within the boundaries of a right of way for a highway as described in subsection (1) of this section. [1963 c.350 §1; 1993 c.741 §70]

 

      607.530 [Amended by 1955 c.275 §1; repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.535 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.540 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.545 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.550 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.555 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.560 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.565 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.570 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.575 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.605 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.610 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.615 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.620 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.625 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.630 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.635 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.640 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.645 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.650 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.655 [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]

 

      607.990 [Amended by 1953 c.367 §13; subsection (2) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1957 c.604 §39; subsection (3) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1953 c.367 §10; subsection (5) of 1963 Replacement Part formerly 606.990; subsection (10) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1963 c.350 §2; repealed by 1967 c.113 §2 (607.992 enacted in lieu of 607.990)]

 

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Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Galligher v. Meadow Acres Angus Ranch, LLC, 551 P.3d 957 (Or. Ct. App. 2024).
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Galligher v. Meadow Acres Angus Ranch, LLC, 551 P.3d 957 (Or. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 7× “527 provides that: “notwithstanding the existence of an open range area, * * * no person * * * shall drive, herd, pasture, graze, range, tether or stake any livestock * * * within the boundaries of the right of way for a state highway that is part of the national system of…”
Galligher v. Meadow Acres Angus Ranch, LLC, No. A178239 (Or. Ct. App. June 5, 2024). · cites it 7× “527 provides that: “notwithstanding the existence of an open range area, * * * no person * * * shall drive, herd, pasture, graze, range, tether or stake any livestock * * * within the boundaries of the right of way for a state highway that is part of the national system of…”
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