(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and ORS § 802.177, the records the Department of Transportation maintains under ORS § 802.200 on vehicles are public records. The records of vehicles registered under ORS § 805.060 are not public records and are exempt from public inspection as provided under ORS § 181A.220 and are for the confidential use of criminal justice agencies described under ORS § 181A.010. The department may charge the fee established under ORS § 802.230 for furnishing information under this section concerning a vehicle or its owner.

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(2) The department may charge the fee established under ORS § 802.230 for furnishing to the public information from the records the department maintains under ORS § 802.200 concerning driver licenses or driver permits.

(3) The records the department keeps under ORS § 802.200 on judgments or convictions under ORS § 810.375 shall be open to the inspection of any person during reasonable business hours. Nothing in this subsection authorizes the release of personal information as defined in ORS § 802.175.

(4) The department shall upon request furnish any person certified abstracts of the employment driving record and the nonemployment driving record of any person whose driving records are maintained under ORS § 802.200. If an abstract of the employment driving record is not specifically requested, the department shall only furnish an abstract of the nonemployment driving record. Nothing in this subsection authorizes the release of personal information as defined in ORS § 802.175. The department shall collect the fee established for abstracts of driving records under ORS § 802.230. A certified abstract issued under this section shall not contain any of the following, unless the abstract is being requested under ORS § 746.265 (3):

(a) Any accident or conviction for violation of motor vehicles laws that occurred more than three years immediately preceding a request for abstract.

(b) Any suspension ordered under ORS § 809.220 after the department has received notice to reinstate a person’s suspended driving privileges under ORS § 809.220.

(c) Any diversion agreement under ORS § 813.220 entered into more than three years immediately preceding a request for the abstract.

(5) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, accident reports filed with the department under ORS § 811.725, 811.730 or 811.735 shall be without prejudice to the individual filing the report and shall be for the confidential use of state administrative and enforcement agencies. The department may use the confidential accident reports to provide the following information to the persons described:

(a) Upon request, the department shall disclose the following information to any party involved in the accident or to their personal representative or any member of the family of a party involved in the accident:

(A) The identity of the owner, driver, occupants and the registration number of a vehicle involved in the accident;

(B) The names of any companies insuring the owner or driver of a vehicle involved in the accident; and

(C) The names of any witnesses to the accident.

(b) The department shall furnish a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the department upon demand of any person who has or claims to have made such a report or upon demand of a court.

(6) The department shall tabulate and may analyze all accident reports to develop statistical information based thereon as to the number and circumstances of traffic accidents. The department shall publish information compiled under this section in the manner provided under ORS § 802.050.

(7) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the records the department is required under ORS § 802.200 to maintain on trip permits issued under ORS § 803.600 are public records. The department may charge a fee established under ORS § 802.230 for furnishing information from the records on trip permits. Nothing in this subsection authorizes the release of personal information as defined in ORS § 802.175.

(8) The records the department maintains under ORS § 802.200 concerning odometer readings for vehicles are public records. The department may separately furnish information concerning odometer readings shown by its records. The department may charge the fee established under ORS § 802.230 for information separately provided under this subsection. Nothing in this subsection authorizes the release of personal information as defined in ORS § 802.175. [1983 c.338 § 126; 1985 c.16 § 36; 1985 c.175 § 2; 1985 c.251 § 12; 1985 c.313 § 2; 1987 c.5 § 2; 1989 c.853 § 2; 1991 c.568 § 1; 1993 c.751 § 16; 1997 c.678 § 11; 2001 c.327 § 2; 2011 c.355 § 6]

[1989 c.396 § 2; repealed by 1997 c.678 § 15]

[1991 c.568 § 3; 1993 c.37 § 1; 1993 c.224 § 1; repealed by 1997 c.678 § 15]