(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section or ORS § 801.041 or 801.042, the registration fees under the vehicle code are in lieu of all other taxes and licenses, except municipal license fees under regulatory ordinances, imposed on vehicles, the owners of such vehicles or the use of or any privilege related to such vehicles. Fixed load vehicles are not exempt from ad valorem taxation by this section.

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(2) Travel trailers subject to registration and titling under the vehicle code are not subject to ad valorem taxation, but may be reclassified as manufactured structures and made subject to taxation as provided in ORS § 308.880.

(3) This section does not apply to the privilege tax imposed under ORS § 320.405 or the use tax imposed under ORS § 320.410. [1983 c.338 § 221; 1989 c.864 § 8; 1991 c.459 § 438h; 2003 c.655 § 115; 2017 c.750 § 117]

[1983 c.338 § 219; 1985 c.253 § 2; 1987 c.750 § 9; 1989 c.43 § 29; 1989 c.103 § 1; 1989 c.723 § 12; 1993 c.751 § 96; 2003 c.655 § 116; 2005 c.770 § 4; repealed by 2019 c.17 § 6]

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