ORS 558.054 Deposit of cash or other security to meet financial responsibility; rules; use of deposit

(1)

A person may satisfy the financial responsibility requirements of ORS 558.050 by depositing with the State Department of Agriculture the following:

(a)

Cash;

(b)

Legally issued general obligations of the United States, the agencies and instrumentalities of the United States and the States of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California;

(c)

Certificates of deposit or other similar instruments if the instruments are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; or

(d)

Any combination of cash or instruments described in this subsection.

(2)

The department shall hold the deposit under terms and conditions that the department designates by rule. The department may deliver the deposit to the State Treasurer, who shall receive and hold the deposit subject to the order of the department. The depositor shall reimburse the State Treasurer for any expenses incurred by the State Treasurer in mailing, insuring, shipping or delivering the cash or instruments in the deposit.

(3)

The department, by order, may authorize the State Treasurer to use the deposit as follows:

(a)

To satisfy any execution on a judgment that is against the person making the deposit for an accident described in ORS 558.050 and that results from a cause of action that accrued after the deposit was made; or

(b)

To release any or all of the deposit to the depositor or other person as the department considers appropriate.

(4)

While deposited with the department, the cash or instruments in the deposit are not subject to attachment or execution unless the attachment or execution arises out of a judgment against the person making the deposit for an accident described in ORS 558.050 and that results from a cause of action that accrued after the deposit was made.

(5)

The department shall issue the depositor a certificate evidencing the deposit.