User’s license required to use fuel; exceptions.

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(2) A nonresident may use fuel in a motor vehicle not registered in Oregon for a period not exceeding 30 days without obtaining a user’s license or the emblem issued under ORS 319.600, if, for all fuel used in a motor vehicle in this state, the nonresident pays to a seller, at the time of the sale, the tax provided in ORS 319.530.

(3) A user’s license is not required for a person who uses fuel in a motor vehicle with a combined weight of 26,000 pounds or less if, for all fuel used in a motor vehicle in this state, the person pays to a seller, at the time of the sale, the tax provided in ORS 319.530.

(4)(a) A user’s license is not required for a person who uses fuel as described in ORS 319.520 (7) in the vehicles specified in this subsection if the person pays to a seller, at the time of the sale, the tax provided in ORS 319.530.

(b) Paragraph (a) of this subsection applies to the following vehicles:

(A) Motor homes as defined in ORS 801.350.

(B) Recreational vehicles as defined in ORS 174.101.

(5) A user’s license is not required for a person who uses fuel in a motor vehicle:

(a) Metered use by which is subject to the per-mile road usage charge imposed under ORS 319.885; and

(b) That also uses fuels subject to ORS 319.510 to 319.880.

(6) A user’s license is not required for a person who uses fuel in a motor vehicle on which an emblem issued for the motor vehicle pursuant to ORS 319.535 is displayed. [Amended by 1959 c.188 §3; 1977 c.429 §2; 1985 c.265 §1; 1989 c.992 §25; 1991 c.284 §8; 2008 c.44 §3; 2013 c.781 §16; 2014 c.13 §§3,4; 2019 c.422 §31]


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