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Section
496.002
Short title.
Section
496.004
Definitions.
Section
496.005
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.006
[Formerly 497.505; 1961 c.343 §1; 1967 c.594 §1; 1971 c.658 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.007
"Game bird" defined.
Section
496.008
[1957 c.268 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.009
"Game fish" defined.
Section
496.010
[Amended by 1953 c.379 §2; 1957 c.250 §1; 1959 c.364 §1; 1963 c.30 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.012
Wildlife policy.
Section
496.015
[Amended by 1959 c.578 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.016
Applicability of wildlife laws to commercial fishing laws.
Section
496.018
Person with disability under wildlife laws.
Section
496.020
[Amended by 1957 c.55 §1; 1957 c.471 §1; 1967 c.431 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.025
[Amended by 1965 c.149 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.030
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.032
[1971 c.658 §31; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.035
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.040
[1953 c.184 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.045
[1953 c.184 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.080
State Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Section
496.085
Fish Screening Task Force; qualifications of members; duties.
Section
496.090
State Fish and Wildlife Commission; members; terms; qualifications; compensation and expenses.
Section
496.100
[1973 c.723 §8; 1973 c.792 §20a; repealed by 1975 c.253 §40]
Section
496.105
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.108
Commission officers; quorum; meetings.
Section
496.110
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.112
State Fish and Wildlife Director; term; compensation and expenses; delegation of commission powers to director.
Section
496.115
[Repealed by 1975 c.253 §40]
Section
496.116
Delegation of rulemaking authority to director; requirements.
Section
496.118
Duties and powers of director.
Section
496.120
[Amended by 1967 c.290 §3; 1969 c.314 §59; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.121
Authority of department to require fingerprints.
Section
496.122
[1973 c.723 §10; repealed by 1975 c.253 §40]
Section
496.124
Fish Division; Wildlife Division; authority.
Section
496.125
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.128
Reports by commission.
Section
496.130
[Amended by 1959 c.371 §1; 1963 c.154 §1; 1965 c.74 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.132
[1985 c.60 §5; repealed by 1993 c.659 §9]
Section
496.135
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.138
Commission policies and programs; rules; public hearings; agency request budgets.
Section
496.140
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.141
Fish screening program report.
Section
496.145
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.146
Additional powers of commission; rules; fees; penalties.
Section
496.148
Payment by credit card; fee; rules.
Section
496.150
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.151
Allocation of nonresident tags for outfitters and guides.
Section
496.154
Limitation on authority to condemn certain farm use property.
Section
496.155
[Amended by 1967 c.454 §86; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.156
Expenditure priority for anadromous fish management.
Section
496.158
Oregon Landowner Damage Program; fee.
Section
496.160
[Amended by 1971 c.658 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.162
Establishing seasons, amounts and manner of taking wildlife; rules.
Section
496.164
Cooperation with public and private agencies for fish and wildlife management; technical information and policy recommendations; use of recommendations by state agencies.
Section
496.165
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.166
Section 496.166
Section
496.167
Department recompensable assistance to agencies; tracking and statements.
Section
496.168
Estimated expenses for recompensable assistance; invoices.
Section
496.169
Citizen involvement for wildlife management on private lands.
Section
496.170
[Amended by 1971 c.658 §3; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.171
Definitions for ORS 496.171 to 496.182; applicability date.
Section
496.172
Commission management authority for threatened or endangered species; rules.
Section
496.175
[Amended by 1971 c.658 §4; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.176
Listing species; procedure; matters to be considered; periodic review.
Section
496.180
[Amended by 1971 c.658 §5; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.182
Protection and conservation programs; mitigation of adverse impact on local economies; compliance by state agencies; rules.
Section
496.185
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.190
[Amended by 1963 c.154 §2; 1965 c.74 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.192
Effect of law on commercial forestland or other private land; effect on other laws.
Section
496.195
[Amended by 1959 c.371 §2; 1961 c.343 §2; 1965 c.74 §3; 1967 c.594 §3; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.200
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.201
Department to furnish salmon for ceremonies; amount; source.
Section
496.205
[Amended by 1961 c.343 §3; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.206
Written request for salmon; contents; time for providing salmon.
Section
496.210
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.211
Limitation on amount and use.
Section
496.215
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.216
Disposition of salmon remaining after ceremony.
Section
496.220
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.221
ORS 496.201 to 496.221 not intended to extend Indian legal or political rights.
Section
496.225
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.228
Access and Habitat Board; qualification of members; expenses; term; meetings.
Section
496.230
[1957 c.119 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.232
Board to make program recommendations; commission approval; report; fund expenditure qualifications; gifts and grants.
Section
496.235
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.236
Advisory councils to board; duties; no compensation or expenses for members.
Section
496.240
[Amended by 1959 c.371 §3; 1963 c.154 §3; 1965 c.74 §4; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.242
Access and habitat program funds.
Section
496.245
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.246
Use of public lands for hunting; requirements regarding closure of access to public lands; exceptions.
Section
496.250
[Repealed by 1971 c.418 §23]
Section
496.252
Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund.
Section
496.254
Oregon Conservation and Recreation Advisory Committee.
Section
496.260
[1981 c.720 §22; repealed by 2011 c.83 §24]
Section
496.264
Findings.
Section
496.265
[1981 c.720 §23; 1989 c.924 §8; repealed by 2011 c.83 §24]
Section
496.266
Environmental restoration weirs; rules.
Section
496.270
Immunity from liability for damages resulting from habitat or water quality improvement project; exceptions.
Section
496.272
Wildlife Corridor Action Plan.
Section
496.273
Agency assistance and advice regarding plan.
Section
496.275
Salmon resource protection and restoration; review of public and private production facilities; approval of production facilities by department.
Section
496.280
Findings.
Section
496.283
Use of certain moneys; limitations on expenditures.
Section
496.286
Restoration and Enhancement Board.
Section
496.289
Duties of board; report to legislature; recommendations for programs.
Section
496.291
Advisory councils; recommendations to board; consultation with councils.
Section
496.300
State Wildlife Fund; sources; uses.
Section
496.303
Fish and Wildlife Account; sources; subaccounts; uses.
Section
496.305
[Amended by 1959 c.692 §6; 1971 c.446 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.306
Compensation for damage done by bear and cougar not to be paid from State Wildlife Fund.
Section
496.310
[Amended by 1959 c.692 §7; repealed by 1967 c.451 §32]
Section
496.311
Limitation on size of revolving fund.
Section
496.315
[Amended by 1959 c.692 §8; 1967 c.451 §23; 1971 c.446 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.320
[Amended by 1959 c.692 §9; 1971 c.446 §3; 1971 c.658 §6; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.325
[Amended by 1971 c.446 §4; 1971 c.658 §6a; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.330
[Amended by 1971 c.658 §7; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.335
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.340
Payments to counties in lieu of taxes.
Section
496.345
[1959 c.692 §5; 1963 c.481 §1; part renumbered 506.345; repealed by 1971 c.446 §11]
Section
496.350
Willamette River Basin Bonneville Power Administration Stewardship Fund; sources; uses.
Section
496.375
"Nongame wildlife" defined.
Section
496.380
[1979 c.566 §2; 1981 c.411 §5; 1989 c.987 §21; 2007 c.822 §20; repealed by 2021 c.8 §14]
Section
496.385
Nongame Wildlife Fund.
Section
496.390
Control over fund by department; use of moneys.
Section
496.405
[Amended by 1971 c.658 §7a; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.410
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.415
[Amended by 1971 c.658 §8; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.420
[1959 c.146 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.430
Definitions for ORS 496.430 and 496.435 to 496.455.
Section
496.435
Policy to recover and sustain native stocks.
Section
496.440
Enhancement program to be conducted by commission; objective.
Section
496.445
Duties of commission.
Section
496.450
Application for project; subjects for projects; conditions for approval.
Section
496.455
Use of native stocks for projects; conditions.
Section
496.458
Remote hatchbox program; rules.
Section
496.460
Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program Advisory Committee; members; duties and powers; travel and expenses.
Section
496.465
Interference with project prohibited.
Section
496.470
Natural production of anadromous fish; rules; priorities.
Section
496.475
Adoption of basin plans.
Section
496.480
Reports on basin plans.
Section
496.490
Fishing tackle program.
Section
496.505
[Formerly 497.505; 1961 c.343 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.510
Assent to federal wildlife-restoration statute; duty of commission with regard thereto.
Section
496.515
[Amended by 1971 c.658 §9; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.520
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.525
Federal fish restoration and management aid; powers of commission with regard thereto.
Section
496.550
Migratory waterfowl stamps; design selection; production of stamps and art works.
Section
496.555
Contract on migratory waterfowl stamp matters.
Section
496.558
"Upland bird" defined.
Section
496.562
Policy.
Section
496.566
Contest for stamp design; sale of art works; contracts for stamp matters.
Section
496.570
[1989 c.406 §7; 1999 c.667 §1; repealed by 2001 c.822 §11]
Section
496.571
Habitat conservation stamp; fees; design selection; production of stamps and art works.
Section
496.605
Enforcement of wildlife laws by State Fish and Wildlife Director, deputies and peace officers.
Section
496.610
State police to enforce wildlife laws; payment of expenses from wildlife fund; appointment of federal agents.
Section
496.615
Commission employees to supplement state police.
Section
496.620
Nonliability of law enforcement officers.
Section
496.625
[Amended by 1971 c.658 §12; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.630
District attorneys to prosecute criminal cases; jurisdiction of courts.
Section
496.635
[Amended by 1971 c.658 §13; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.640
Service of process by law enforcement personnel.
Section
496.645
Arrest without warrant of violators; trial.
Section
496.650
Issuance of citation to violator.
Section
496.655
[Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.660
[Amended by 1971 c.658 §16; 1973 c.723 §26; repealed by 1991 c.267 §1]
Section
496.665
Issuance of search warrants; places searched; use and disposition of seized property.
Section
496.670
Arrests made on Sunday.
Section
496.675
Seizure without warrant by law enforcement personnel.
Section
496.680
Seizure of unlawful devices and unlawfully taken wildlife; forfeiture; disposition; repayment of administrative costs.
Section
496.685
[Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
Section
496.690
Possession of wildlife as evidence of illegal taking.
Section
496.695
Counseling, aiding or sharing in violation.
Section
496.700
Investigating violations; summoning witnesses.
Section
496.705
Damage suits for unlawful killing of wildlife; exception; jurisdiction of courts.
Section
496.710
Compelling testimony in enforcement proceedings.
Section
496.715
[Amended by 1959 c.530 §8; 1961 c.391 §1; 1971 c.186 §5; 1973 c.723 §34; 1981 s.s. c.3 §115; 1983 c.763 §50; 1987 c.905 §25; 1995 c.658 §107; repealed by 2011 c.597 §67]
Section
496.716
Wildlife inspection stations.
Section
496.730
Legislative intent.
Section
496.731
Written notification requiring removal of attractant for potentially habituated wildlife; exceptions.
Section
496.750
Wildlife Law Violator Compact.
Section
496.815
Definitions for ORS 496.815 to 496.825.
Section
496.820
Permit or license fee.
Section
496.825
Application fee; exception.
Section
496.830
Penalty fee.
Section
496.835
Oregon Fish and Wildlife Hydroelectric Fund.
Section
496.850
Community outreach and education regarding recreational harvesting of shellfish.
Section
496.905
Section 496.905
Section
496.910
Section 496.910
Section
496.915
Section 496.915
Section
496.920
Section 496.920
Section
496.925
Section 496.925
Section
496.927
Section 496.927
Section
496.930
Section 496.930
Section
496.935
Section 496.935
Section
496.940
Section 496.940
Section
496.945
Section 496.945
Section
496.950
Section 496.950
Section
496.951
[1995 c.545 §4; 1997 c.19 §1; 1999 c.1051 §105; 2010 c.107 §§21,23; repealed by 2011 c.597 §67]
Section
496.990
[Amended by 1967 c.523 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Section
496.992
Penalties; revocation; forfeiture.
Section
496.994
Obstructing the taking of wildlife prohibited.
Section
496.996
Attempts to take wildlife decoy as unlawful wildlife taking.