{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-376.150","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 376.150","heading":"Definitions for ORS 376.150 to 376.200.","body":"As used in ORS 376.150 to 376.200:\n      (1) “Public road” means the entire right of way of any road over which the public has the right of use or any right of way held by the state or a political subdivision of the state for road purposes that is not open for public use.\n      (2) “Way of necessity” means:\n      (a) A road established under ORS 376.150 to 376.200 to provide motor vehicle access from a public road to land that would otherwise have no motor vehicle access;\n      (b) A route established under ORS 376.150 to 376.200 to provide utility service access from an existing service location to a service point that would otherwise have no utility service access; or\n      (c) A route established under ORS 376.150 to 376.200 to provide a continuation of preexisting sewer service to land that has access to a public road.","path":["10 - Highways, Military","31. Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries","Chapter 376 — Ways of Necessity; Special Ways; Pedestrian Malls"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors376.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:14Z","sha256":"9debe866cb66de00e56a6b5e9834b704edbe724b9fbc1cc431ee20e11db066d4","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-376.145","next":"us-or/ors-376.155"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}