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Or. Rev. Stat. § 801.590 (2026)

“Vehicle.”

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      801.590 “Vehicle.” “Vehicle” means any device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway and includes vehicles that are propelled or powered by any means. “Vehicle” does not include a manufactured structure. [1983 c.338 §109; 2003 c.655 §94]

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Cited in 18 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1991–2024 · leading case: State v. Smith, 55 P.3d 553 (Or. Ct. App. 2002).
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State v. Smith, 55 P.3d 553 (Or. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 5× “The trial court suggested that ORS 801.590 defines “vehicle” more broadly than that.”
State v. Jones, 196 P.3d 97 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “” ORS 801.590 defines “vehicle” as “any device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway and includes vehicles that are propelled or powered by any means.”
State v. Gayman, 492 P.3d 130 (Or. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 3× “” ORS 801.590. The vehicle code does not define “motorized wheelchair” but the dictionary defines “wheelchair” as a “chair mounted on wheels and usually propelled by the occupant by means of hand rims attached to the large side wheels.”
State v. Eastep, 399 P.3d 979 (Or. 2017). “” ORS 801.590. That definition, however, post-dates enactment of the UUV statute, see Or Laws 1983, ch 338, § 109; it also is not cross-referenced in the UUV statute.”
State v. Greason, 809 P.2d 695 (Or. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “" ORS 801.590. "Highway" is defined as "every public way, road, street, thoroughfare and place, including bridges, viaducts and other structures.”
State v. Timmermann, 187 P.3d 744 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “The trial court suggested that ORS 801.590 defines “vehicle” more broadly than that.”
State v. Greene, 388 P.3d 1132 (Or. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 4× “4 The state responded that motorized wheelchairs are vehicles under ORS 801.590, 5 and, hence, that defendant was the driver of a vehicle under the DUII statutes when he drove his wheelchair in the crosswalk.”
State v. Noble, 842 P.2d 780 (Or. 1992). “ORS 801.590. Although, as noted, he was stopped for that reason, defendant was not cited for operating his bicycle without a light.”
State v. Eastep, 371 P.3d 1287 (Or. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 3× “We have previously quoted the definition of “vehicle” contained in the Oregon Vehicle Code, ORS 801.590, in describing the meaning of “vehicle” for purposes of the defendant’s UUV conviction for towing a trailer without the owner’s consent.”
State v. Thibodeaux, 22 P.3d 248 (Or. Ct. App. 2001). “It argues that the trailer clearly was a “vehicle” within the meaning of the motor vehicle statutes, see ORS 801.590 (defining “vehicle” as “any device in, upon, or by which a person or property is, or may be, transported or drawn upon a public highway”), and that that suffices…”
State v. Burghart, 852 P.2d 922 (Or. Ct. App. 1993). “” ORS 801.590 provides: “ ‘Vehicle’ means any device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a public highway and include vehicles that are propelled or powered by any means.”
State v. Boekelheide, 469 P.3d 863 (Or. Ct. App. 2020). “” ORS 801.590. That a bicycle is considered a “vehicle” is reflected in several different statutes.”
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