(1) As used in this section:

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 803.102

  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(a) ‘Transferee’ means any person to whom ownership of a motor vehicle is transferred by purchase, gift or any other means other than by creation of a security interest and any person who, as an agent, signs an odometer disclosure statement for the transferee.

(b) ‘Transferor’ means any person who transfers ownership of a motor vehicle by sale, gift or any means other than by creation of a security interest and any person who, as an agent, signs an odometer disclosure statement for the transferor.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, upon transfer of any interest in a motor vehicle, an odometer disclosure statement shall be made by the transferor to the transferee. The disclosure shall be in a form that complies with the provisions of ORS § 803.120 and shall contain the information required under ORS § 803.122.

(3) If a transfer requiring a disclosure statement involves a leased vehicle, the lessor shall notify the lessee that the lessee is required to provide odometer disclosure. The lessee shall furnish the lessor with a form that complies with the requirements of ORS § 803.120 and shall provide the information required by ORS § 803.122 except that for purposes of the required information, the lessee shall be considered the transferor, the lessor shall be considered the transferee and the date shall be the date of the disclosure statement.

(4) Where an interest in a vehicle is transferred by operation of law, the Department of Transportation shall determine by rule whether an odometer disclosure statement is required and if so, who is required to provide it.

(5) The department, by rule, may exempt vehicles from the odometer disclosure requirements of this section in accordance with federal laws, rules or regulations pertaining to odometer disclosure requirements. [1989 c.148 § 4; 1991 c.67 § 214; 1991 c.873 § 1; 2013 c.659 § 1; 2021 c.630 § 30; 2023 c.400 § 24]