{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-815.555","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 815.555","heading":"Tampering with a vehicle metering system; penalty.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of tampering with a vehicle metering system if the person:\n      (a) With the intent to defraud, operates a motor vehicle that is subject to the per-mile road usage charge imposed under ORS 319.885 on a highway knowing that the vehicle metering system is disconnected or nonfunctional.\n      (b) Replaces, disconnects or resets the vehicle metering system of a motor vehicle that is subject to the per-mile road usage charge imposed under ORS 319.885 with the intent of reducing the metered use recorded by the vehicle metering system.\n      (2) This section does not apply to a person who is servicing, repairing or replacing a vehicle metering system.\n      (3) As used in this section, “vehicle metering system” means a system used to record the metered use by a motor vehicle for the purpose of complying with the reporting requirements under ORS 319.920.\n      (4) Tampering with a vehicle metering system is a Class A traffic violation.","path":["19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation","59. Oregon Vehicle Code","Chapter 815 — Vehicle Equipment Generally"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors815.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:18Z","sha256":"7d3581b9e0a69285a6f2acc6244f6787ebea30c204475bd2aaf7b1e8d4b4638d","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-815.445","next":"us-or/ors-816.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}