Oregon Law
Law as of Jan 1, 2026
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783.010Claims for which liens accorded 783.020Lien priority 783.030Right to proceed against boat or vessel directly 783.040Complaint; jurisdiction and venue 783.050Issuance of warrant for seizure of boat or vessel 783.060Procedure after return of warrant 783.070Persons authorized to appear for boat or vessel; answer 783.080Judgment by default; proceedings on issue of fact 783.090Discharge of boat or vessel on giving of undertaking 783.100Return of deposit; disposition of balance 783.110Order for sale on judgment 783.120Judgment on undertaking; issuance of execution 783.130Bill of sale of boat or vessel; effect of previous liens 783.140Rights of other lien claimants 783.150Distribution of proceeds of sale 783.160Sale of appurtenances for fractional share of boat or vessel 783.170Limitation of actions 783.310Destruction or injury of property by watercraft; liability of tortfeasor and employer; lien on vessel 783.320Injuries to persons or property ashore; liability in damages; venue 783.330Attachment against vessel; motion and undertaking 783.340Redelivery of attached vessel 783.350Nonresident owners; service; judgment; designation 783.360Priority of attachment 783.400Shipbreaking; shipwrecks; ship repair; definitions 783.510Enticement of seamen to desert or leave ship 783.520Harboring and secretion of seamen 783.530Receipt of compensation from seaman for furnishing employment 783.540[Repealed by 1953 c.113 §2] 783.550Unauthorized boarding of nonpassenger vessel 783.560Arrest of officers and seamen for debt prohibited 783.570Enforcement officer in Portland and Astoria 783.580Tugboat operator refusing to tow; discrimination in charges 783.590Lowering of smokestacks of vessels navigating upper Willamette 783.600[Amended by 2001 c.722 §8; renumbered 783.620 in 2001] 783.610Offenses relating to buoys and beacons 783.620Discharge of ballast in navigable waters 783.625Definitions for ORS 783.625 to 783.640 783.630Application; exclusions 783.635Discharge of ballast water prohibited; exemption; rules; aquatic invasive species 783.636Fees; rules 783.637Late charges; waiver 783.638Ballast Water Fund; sources; uses 783.640Reporting of ballast water management 783.990Penalties 783.992Civil penalties

Chapter 783 — Liabilities and Offenses Connected With Shipping and Navigation; Shipbreaking; Ballast Water

ORS 783.040 Complaint; jurisdiction and venue

Any person wishing to commence an action against a boat or vessel shall file the complaint against such boat or vessel by name with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the boat or vessel may lie or be. The complaint shall set forth the plaintiff’s demand in all its particulars, and on whose account the same accrued, and shall be verified by the plaintiff or some credible person for the plaintiff.

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