Oregon Revised Statutes
Or. Rev. Stat. § 811.535 (2026)
Failing to obey police officer; penalty
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811.535 Failing to obey police officer; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of failing to obey a police officer if the person refuses or fails to comply with any lawful order, signal or direction of a police officer who:
(a) Is displaying the police officer’s star or badge; and
(b) Has lawful authority to direct, control or regulate traffic.
(2) The offense described in this section, failing to obey a police officer, is a Class B traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §663; 1995 c.383 §79]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1991–2022 · leading case: State v. Ashbaugh, 244 P.3d 360 (Or. 2010).
State v. Ashbaugh, 244 P.3d 360 (Or. 2010). “The police therefore seized the defendant when they stopped him and investigated the traffic violation. When that investigation was complete, the officers did not tell the defendant that he was free to go and therefore continued to seize him.”
State v. Whitten, 379 P.3d 707 (Multnomah Cty. Cir. Ct., O.R. 2016). “Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for failing to obey a police officer, ORS 811.535, a traffic violation. 1 Before he was charged with that traffic violation, defendant was charged with interfering with a peace officer, ORS 162.”
State v. Rodgers, 227 P.3d 695 (Or. 2010). “Nevertheless, in contrast to a person on the street, who may unilaterally end an officer-citizen encounter at any time, the reality is that a motorist stopped for a traffic infraction is legally obligated to stop at an officer's direction, see ORS 811.535 (failing to obey a…”
State v. Holmes, 813 P.2d 28 (Or. 1991). “A driver of a motor vehicle is required by ORS 811.535 12 to obey “any lawful order, signal or direction of a police officer who has lawful authority to direct, control or regulate traffic.”
State v. Suppah, 369 P.3d 1108 (Or. 2016). “Similarly, ORS 811.535 prohibits a person from refusing or failing to comply with “any lawful order.”
State v. Kurtz, 249 P.3d 1271 (Or. 2011). “, ORS 811.535 (failure to obey police officers); ORS 811.”
Hass v. Port of Portland, 829 P.2d 1008 (Or. Ct. App. 1992). “Plaintiff was issued citations for two traffic infractions: Failure to obey a police officer, ORS 811.535, and failure to present a driver’s license.”
State v. Turner, 191 P.3d 697 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). “Accordingly, we conclude that Simon stopped defendant when he motioned for him to pull over. Under Article I, section 9, a stop must be justified by the officer’s reasonable suspicion that a person has committed or is about to commit a crime.”
State v. Suppah, 334 P.3d 463 (Or. Ct. App. 2014). “As the Supreme Court explained in Rodgers /Kirkeby: “[I]n contrast to a person on the street, who may unilaterally end an officer-citizen encounter at any time, the reality is that a motorist stopped for a traffic infraction is legally obligated to stop at an officer’s…”
State v. Calvert, 164 P.3d 1169 (Or. Ct. App. 2007). “Moreover, had defendant left without receiving the citations with the patrol car’s overhead lights on, she faced the prospect of being charged under ORS 811.535 for failing to obey a police officer or fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer under ORS 811.”
State v. Enyeart, 340 P.3d 57 (Or. Ct. App. 2014). “” At first, the parties believed that the offense about which the court had inquired was the traffic violation of failing to obey a police officer, ORS 811.535.”
State v. Kurtz, 228 P.3d 583 (Or. Ct. App. 2010). “090 (giving false information to a police officer); ORS 811.535 (failing to obey a police officer); ORS 811.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 811.535(1) — 1 case
State v. Rowe, 150 P.3d 48 (Or. Ct. App. 2006).
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