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Or. Rev. Stat. § 830.325 (2026)

Operating boat while under influence of intoxicants

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      830.325 Operating boat while under influence of intoxicants. (1) A person under the influence of an intoxicating liquor, cannabis, psilocybin, an inhalant or a controlled substance may not operate, propel or be in actual physical control of any boat on any waters of this state.

      (2) An owner of a boat or person in charge or in control of a boat may not authorize or knowingly permit the boat to be propelled or operated on any waters of this state by any person who is under the influence of an intoxicating liquor, cannabis, psilocybin, an inhalant or a controlled substance. [Formerly 488.160; 1991 c.931 §4; 2017 c.21 §91; 2019 c.431 §13; 2021 c.253 §16]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1991–2009 · leading case: State v. Greason, 809 P.2d 695 (Or. Ct. App. 1991).
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State v. Greason, 809 P.2d 695 (Or. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “ORS 830.325 ( former ORS 488.160). [1] The state appeals from a pretrial order that suppressed both a non-Mirandized statement to a police officer and the results of a breath test.”
State v. Lecarros, 66 P.3d 543 (Or. Ct. App. 2003). “ORS 830.325(1); ORS 830.990(5). At trial, defendant moved for exclusion of all the evidence obtained as a result of his encounter with the deputies, arguing that the evidence derived from a “stop” that was *108 unlawful under Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution and…”
State v. Lambert, 206 P.3d 1065 (Or. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 4× “pro tempore Defendant was convicted of boating under the influence of intoxicants, ORS 830.325, after a trial to the court. He appeals, seeking a reversal of his conviction.”
State v. Busacker, 962 P.2d 723 (Or. Ct. App. 1998). “Defendant was charged with operating a boat while under the influence of intoxicating liquor (BUII), ORS 830.325. The state appeals a trial court order suppressing evidence acquired as the result of an allegedly illegal stop.”
State v. Anderson, 940 P.2d 246 (Or. Ct. App. 1997). “In this prosecution for Boating under the Influence of Intoxicants, ORS 830.325, the state assigns error to the trial court’s pretrial suppression of evidence of all field sobriety tests administered to defendant.”
State v. Bilbro, 210 P.3d 943 (Or. Ct. App. 2009). “PER CURIAM Defendant was arrested on suspicion of boating under the influence of intoxicants (BUII), ORS 830.325, after he was found drifting down the Deschutes River in a non-motorized rubber raft under circumstances that led the arresting officer to believe that defendant was…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 830.325(1) — 2 cases
State v. Lecarros, 66 P.3d 543 (Or. Ct. App. 2003). “ORS 830.325(1); ORS 830.990(5). At trial, defendant moved for exclusion of all the evidence obtained as a result of his encounter with the deputies, arguing that the evidence derived from a “stop” that was *108 unlawful under Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution and…”
State v. Lambert, 206 P.3d 1065 (Or. Ct. App. 2009). “pro tempore Defendant was convicted of boating under the influence of intoxicants, ORS 830.325, after a trial to the court. He appeals, seeking a reversal of his conviction.”
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