(1) A dealer may refuse to accept from any person, and a distributor or importer may refuse to accept from a dealer, any empty beverage container that does not state thereon a refund value as established by ORS § 459A.705.

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(2) A dealer may refuse to accept and to pay the refund value of:

(a) Empty beverage containers if the place of business of the dealer and the kind of empty beverage containers are included in an order of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission approving a full-service redemption center under ORS § 459A.735.

(b) Any beverage container visibly containing or contaminated by a substance other than water, residue of the original contents or ordinary dust.

(c)(A) More than 144 individual beverage containers returned by any one person during one day, if the dealer occupies a space of 5,000 or more square feet in a single area.

(B) More than 50 individual beverage containers returned by any one person during one day, if the dealer occupies a space of less than 5,000 square feet in a single area.

(d) Any beverage container that is damaged to the extent that the brand appearing on the container cannot be identified.

(3) The commission shall develop and provide to dealers notices that describe the reasons a dealer may refuse to accept and to pay the refund value for empty beverage containers under subsection (2) of this section. The notices may contain additional information as determined by the commission.

(4) A dealer must post in each area where beverage containers are received a notice provided to the dealer under subsection (3) of this section. [Formerly 459.840; 1993 c.356 § 1; 2003 c.761 § 1; 2007 c.303 3,4; 2019 c.279 § 5; 2021 c.351 § 26; 2022 c.80 § 5]