(1) A person commits the offense of failure to notify a subsequent purchaser of the condition of a vehicle if the person sells a totaled vehicle and does not provide the purchaser with a salvage title certificate or, if no certificate is required as evidence of salvage title, does not comply with rules adopted by the Department of Transportation for notification of salvage title without a certificate.

Attorney's Note

Under the Oregon Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class A misdemeanorup to 364 daysup to $6,250
For details, see Or. Rev. Stat.Or. Rev. Stat.161.615

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 819.018

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(2) The offense described in this section, failure to notify a subsequent purchaser of the condition of a vehicle, is a Class A misdemeanor when committed by someone other than an insurer. [1991 c.820 5,22; 1993 c.233 § 61]

 

[1983 c.338 § 195; 1985 c.16 § 69; 1985 c.176 § 1; 1987 c.119 § 5; repealed by 1991 c.820 § 20]