{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-98.860","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 98.860","heading":"Conditions for release of vehicle to insurance company undertaking to adjust claim; tower’s good-faith release of vehicle.","body":"(1) For purposes of this section, an insurance company undertaking to adjust a claim involving a towed motor vehicle is a person in lawful possession and entitled to release of the motor vehicle if:\n      (a) The insurance company has obtained permission from the owner or another person in lawful possession of the motor vehicle to secure release of the motor vehicle; and\n      (b) The insurance company transmits to the tower by facsimile or electronic mail a document that reasonably identifies the insurance company as a person in lawful possession and directs the tower to release the motor vehicle to a person designated by the insurance company.\n      (2) A tower who, in good faith, releases a motor vehicle under subsection (1) of this section is not liable for damages for releasing the motor vehicle to a person designated by the insurance company or for damages that arise after release of the motor vehicle.\n      (3) This section does not prohibit a tower from releasing a motor vehicle to an insurance company in a manner other than that provided for in subsection (1) of this section.","path":["03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate","10. Property Rights and Transactions","Chapter 98 — Lost, Unclaimed or Abandoned Property; Vehicle Towing"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors098.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:11Z","sha256":"7ccd7fbb79c6195ea9185b2b60884f46558fc881f8236280d08aa3df4427489d","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-98.859","next":"us-or/ors-98.861"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}