Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 811.555 (2026)

Illegal stopping, standing or parking; affirmative defense; penalty

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811.555 Illegal stopping, standing or parking; affirmative defense; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of illegal stopping, standing or parking if:

(a) The person stops, parks or leaves standing a vehicle in a place where such stopping, parking or standing is prohibited under ORS 811.550; or

(b) The person is the owner of an unattended vehicle parked in a place where such parking is prohibited under ORS 811.550.

(2) Exemptions from this section are established under ORS 811.560.

(3) A police officer, under authority granted by ORS 810.430, may move or require to be moved a vehicle that is stopped, parked or left standing in violation of this section.

(4) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution of the owner of a vehicle under subsection (1)(b) of this section that the use of the vehicle was not authorized by the owner, either expressly or by implication.

(5) The offense described by this section, illegal stopping, standing or parking, is a Class D traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §668; 1987 c.687 §4]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1991–2015 · leading case: State v. Blair/Vanis, 14 P.3d 660 (Or. Ct. App. 2000).

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State v. Blair/Vanis, 14 P.3d 660 (Or. Ct. App. 2000). “550 and *166 ORS 811.555, and the officers did not exceed the permissible scope of investigating that infraction.”

State v. Heilman, 342 P.3d 1102 (Or. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “550 provides, in pertinent part: “This section establishes places where stopping, standing and parking a vehicle are prohibited for purposes of the penalties under ORS 811.555. Except as provided under an exemption in ORS 811.”

Miller v. Miller, 808 P.2d 105 (Or. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “560, a person is in violation of ORS 811.555 if a person parks, stops or leaves standing a vehicle in any of the *437 following places: UHf * * * “(5) Within an intersection.”

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