Oregon Law
Law as of Jan 1, 2026
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570.001Definitions 570.005[Repealed by 2009 c.98 §31] 570.010County horticultural inspectors; appointment; term; powers and duties 570.015Deputy inspectors 570.020Inspectors may enter premises 570.025Instruction, education and supervision of inspectors; reports 570.030Compensation of inspectors; office supplies; clerical help 570.035Appeals from inspectors’ decisions 570.040Inspection where inspector unavailable 570.045Assistance of employees of common carriers in locating horticultural articles; refusal or neglect is misdemeanor 570.050Cooperation of peace officers in enforcing quarantines 570.055[Repealed by 2011 c.597 §118] 570.105Definitions for ORS 570.110 to 570.190 570.110Inspections and visitations by director and deputies 570.115Quarantine establishment; revocation 570.120Quarantine powers exercised only in emergencies 570.125Inspector of outgoing shipments 570.130Shipments marked to indicate place of origin; must be free from plant pests 570.135Premises may be entered for inspection 570.140Shipment found to contain plant pest; notice to shipper 570.145Procedure when shipment articles can be separated 570.150Procedure when shipment articles can be treated 570.155Disposition of shipment when articles not separated or treated 570.160Procedure when shipment is sound, but from infected or infested area 570.165Service and sufficiency of notices provided for in ORS 570.140 to 570.165 570.170Department to make inspections; infected or infested matter declared public nuisance 570.175Procedure for abatement of public nuisance 570.180Summary abatement of nuisance 570.185Application of ORS 570.170 to 570.180 limited 570.190Notices; manner of service; persons authorized to make service; reputed owner considered owner 570.195[Repealed by 1961 c.394 §1 (570.196 enacted in lieu of 570.195)] 570.196[1961 c.394 §2 (enacted in lieu of 570.195); repealed by 2009 c.98 §31] 570.200[1961 c.394 §4; repealed by 2009 c.98 §31] 570.205[2009 c.98 §4; repealed by 2015 c.203 §28] 570.210Control of plant pests not subject to quarantine; rules 570.215Prohibition against movement of plant pests; permits; rules 570.220Research regarding plant pests 570.225Public nuisances; abatement; compensation 570.305Department officials to prevent introduction of plant pests 570.310Cooperation with interested groups and agencies 570.320Horticultural inspectors to prevent introduction of diseased matter into state 570.325Collaboration with federal department 570.330Containers and wrappers to be labeled 570.335Prunings and cuttings to be burned 570.345Spraying or destroying infested or infected matter; notice 570.350Traffic in infested or infected fruit prohibited; seizure; failure of owner to show fruit; sale to canneries and factories permitted 570.355Packing or delivery for shipment of infected fruit is misdemeanor; manufacture into by-product permitted 570.360Department to present evidence of violations; prosecution in justice court 570.365[Repealed by 2011 c.597 §118] 570.370[Repealed by 2009 c.98 §31] 570.375[Repealed by 2009 c.98 §31] 570.405Department may establish control areas; limitations 570.407[1987 c.228 §3; repealed by 2009 c.98 §31] 570.410Violation of order prohibited 570.412Making contracts and receiving funds to carry out control order 570.415Revocation of control area order 570.420Cherry fruit fly control area inspector; appointment; duty; pay 570.425Inspector has access to land in area; refusal to comply with control area order 570.430Procedure for collection of expenses incurred by inspector 570.435Expenses to be paid by county 570.450Rapeseed control areas 570.500[1999 c.472 §1; repealed by 2009 c.98 §31] 570.505[Amended by 1985 c.621 §1; renumbered 569.350 in 2009] 570.510[Amended by 1985 c.621 §2; renumbered 569.355 in 2009] 570.515[Amended by 1985 c.621 §3; renumbered 569.360 in 2009] 570.520[Amended by 1975 c.555 §12; renumbered 569.370 in 2009] 570.525[Renumbered 569.375 in 2009] 570.530[Amended by 2001 c.219 §1; renumbered 569.380 in 2009] 570.535[Renumbered 569.390 in 2009] 570.540[Renumbered 569.395 in 2009] 570.545[Renumbered 569.400 in 2009] 570.550[Amended by 1957 c.99 §1; 1985 c.621 §4; 1991 c.459 §437; renumbered 569.410 in 2009] 570.555[Renumbered 569.415 in 2009] 570.560[Renumbered 569.420 in 2009] 570.562[1985 c.621 §5a; 1989 c.570 §1; renumbered 569.425 in 2009] 570.565[Renumbered 569.435 in 2009] 570.570[Renumbered 569.445 in 2009] 570.575[Renumbered 569.450 in 2009] 570.580[1975 c.555 §10; renumbered 569.470 in 2009] 570.585[1975 c.555 §9; renumbered 569.475 in 2009] 570.590[1975 c.555 §11; renumbered 569.480 in 2009] 570.595[1975 c.555 §13; renumbered 569.490 in 2009] 570.600[1975 c.555 §§14,15; renumbered 569.495 in 2009] 570.650[1981 c.699 §1; repealed by 2015 c.203 §28] 570.655[1981 c.699 §7; repealed by 2015 c.203 §28] 570.660[1981 c.699 §2; repealed by 2015 c.203 §28] 570.665[1981 c.699 §3; repealed by 2015 c.203 §28] 570.670[1981 c.699 §4; repealed by 2015 c.203 §28] 570.675[1981 c.699 §5; repealed by 2015 c.203 §28] 570.680[1981 c.699 §6; repealed by 2015 c.203 §28] 570.700Definitions for ORS 570.700 to 570.710 570.705Legislative findings; timber product inspection; assessment of costs 570.710Fee for timber products health program 570.720Firewood sources; treatment; transportation; supply; sales; rules 570.750Legislative findings 570.755Definition of invasive species; Invasive Species Council duties 570.770Invasive Species Council; membership; terms 570.775Officers; quorum; schedule; rules 570.780Invasive Species Coordinator; administrative expenses of Invasive Species Council 570.790Advisory and technical committees 570.800Invasive Species Council Account; trust account 570.810Invasive Species Control Account; control effort funding; reimbursement of administrative expenses 570.815Reporting of council activities 570.850[2009 c.764 §1; renumbered 830.587 in 2011] 570.855[2009 c.764 §2; 2011 c.683 §1; renumbered 830.589 in 2011] 570.860[2009 c.764 §3; renumbered 830.594 in 2011] 570.865[2009 c.764 §4; renumbered 830.999 in 2011] 570.880[2013 c.19 §1; 2015 c.736 §104; renumbered 192.582 in 2019] 570.990Penalties 570.995Civil penalties for quarantine or control area order violations 570.997Civil penalties for plant pest control or movement violation 570.998Civil penalty for firewood violation

Chapter 570 — Plant Pest Control; Invasive Species

ORS 570.225 Public nuisances; abatement; compensation

(1)

The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that:

(a)

A plant pest, other than a plant pest possessed or moved in compliance with a permit described in ORS 570.215, is a public nuisance.

(b)

A plant, crop or agricultural, horticultural or forest commodity or product, that is infested with or harbors a plant pest is a public nuisance.

(2)

The State Department of Agriculture may abate a public nuisance described in subsection (1) of this section by using the public nuisance abatement processes described in ORS 570.170 and 570.180.

(3)

The State Department of Agriculture is not required to compensate a person for any loss incurred from the abatement of a public nuisance under this section or ORS 570.170 or 570.180. This subsection does not apply to compensation for an abatement-related loss that results from the application of a pesticide in a faulty, careless or negligent manner.

PROTECTIVE MEASURES AGAINST SPREAD OF PLANT PESTS

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