Oregon Statutes 368.021 – County authority over trails
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(1) A county governing body has the same jurisdiction over trails as it has over local access roads.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 368.021
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Road: means the entire right of way of any public or private way that provides ingress to or egress from property by means of vehicles or other means or that provides travel between places by means of vehicles. See Oregon Statutes 368.001
(2) This section applies to trails that:
(a) Are easements over land or by watercourse that are not part of a road right of way;
(b) Provide certain forms of ingress to or egress from land or water or permit travel between places;
(c) Do not provide vehicle access of the type provided by a road; and
(d) Are not under the jurisdiction of a state or federal agency. [1981 c.153 § 5]