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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Financial responsibility requirements are designed to provide for minimum payment of judgments of the type described in this section. For the purposes of ORS 806.130, 806.140, 809.020, 809.130 and 809.470, judgments of the type described in this section must:
(1) Have become final by expiration, without appeal, of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected or by final affirmation on appeal;
(2) Be rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States;
(3) Be upon a cause of action for damages of the type described under subsection (4) of this section or upon a cause of action on an agreement of settlement for such damages; and
(4) Be for one or more of the following kinds of damage arising out of a motor vehicle accident on public or private property:
(a) Damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person.
(b) Damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Oregon Revised Statutes Oregon Vehicle Code § 806.040 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/or/title-59-oregon-vehicle-code/or-rev-st-sect-806-040/
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