{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-462.020","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 462.020","heading":"License requirement; authority of commission to require fingerprints; rules.","body":"(1) A person may not hold a race meet without having first obtained and having in full force and effect a license therefor issued by the Oregon Racing Commission.\n      (2) A trainer, driver, jockey, apprentice jockey, horse owner, dog owner, exercise person, agent, authorized agent, jockey’s agent, stable foreman, groom, valet, veterinarian, horseshoer, steward, stable guard, starter, timer, judge or other person acting as a participant or official at any race meet, including all employees of the pari-mutuel department, may not participate in race meets without having first obtained and having in full force and effect a license issued by the commission, pursuant to such rules as the commission shall make. The commission by rule may require other employees of a race meet licensee who are engaged in or performing duties at the race course to obtain a license issued by the commission prior to engaging or performing such duties. The commission by rule may also require persons, including corporations, who are not employees of a race meet licensee, but who are authorized to do business at the race course, to obtain a license issued by the commission prior to conducting such business.\n      (3) A person may not operate a public training track or public kennel for greyhounds participating in a race meet without having first obtained and having in full force and effect a license issued by the commission.\n      (4) The commission may require each applicant for a license to be photographed and shall require each applicant to be fingerprinted as part of the licensing procedure for the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS 181A.195.\n      (5) Each person holding a license under this chapter shall comply with all rules and orders of the commission.\n      (6) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (2) of this section, the commission, upon receipt of a written application for a license on forms provided by the commission, may in its sound discretion issue a temporary license valid for a period not to exceed 10 days pending final approval or disapproval of the written application for a license.","path":["13 - Housing, Games, Environment","36A. Housing; Lottery and Games; Environment","Chapter 462 — Racing"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors462.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:14Z","sha256":"c741a394ccfab7394dc5719b054f3a428e2f9628c6440c9376a4f45db8ad00fe","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-462.010","next":"us-or/ors-462.025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}