State record · OR · 2026-09-01 · Statute
Oregon
Live on this state’s ALPR statute. The occupancy form on file is not a named ALPR highway instrument. A live card is not a permit in hand.
- Highway system Primary
- State highway right-of-way under the Oregon Department of Transportation. ODOT’s permits page: any activity along an Oregon state highway, or use of the state highway outside of normal activity, requires an encroachment permit. A compiled statutory definition of the state highway system is not packed.
- Owner Primary
- Oregon Department of Transportation (Oregon DOT)
- Right-of-way Not retrieved
- not packed. Oregon’s statutory ROW definition is not packed in this build. Do not substitute Florida § 334.03(21).
- Public records Primary
- Oregon Public Records Law (ORS 192.311 to 192.478; right to inspect ORS 192.314; conditional exemptions ORS 192.345). Who may request: Any person (ORS 192.314, as listed in the official ORS chapter compilation) Enrolled SB 1516 (2026) adds ORS 192.345(44): captured license plate data collected by a law-enforcement ALPR is conditionally exempt. Audit contents under the act are disclosed after editing out personally identifiable information, including plate number and vehicle characteristics. A request for conditional disclosure must identify approximate date and time of collection and be reasonably tailored; video/images must have faces rendered unidentifiable. Location-withholding litigation (Eugene / ORS 192.345(23) security-measures claims) is a lead about how agencies argued exemptions before this subsection existed — it is not the permit.
- Open meetings Primary
- Oregon Public Meetings Law (ORS 192.610 to 192.705)
- ALPR statute Primary
- Or. Laws 2026, ch. 77 (SB 1516) §§ 3–9; ORS 192.345(44) as amended — Automated license plate recognition systems. Enrolled SB 1516, Chapter 77, emergency — effective on passage (signed 31 March 2026). Default: a law-enforcement agency may not use an ALPR or captured plate data except as authorized. Authorized uses: identifying a vehicle used to facilitate or avoid apprehension for a crime (Oregon crime, substantially equivalent out-of-state crime, or federal crime that is not contrary to Oregon public policy including ORS 181A.250, 181A.820, 181A.826); a non-traffic violation; a vehicle registered to a person with an outstanding criminal warrant under the same limits; a missing or endangered person (Amber/Silver Alert); uninsured or unregistered vehicles; parking-facility regulation; secured-area access. Retention: no more than 30 days unless related to a court proceeding or ongoing criminal investigation (then kept as other evidence is kept). Searches must be logged (user, agency, inputs, date/time, case number, law-enforcement purpose, and if a crime/violation the specific type). Out-of-state / non-Oregon-constitution agencies get only data relevant to the purpose — not unrestricted or ongoing access — and that sharing is logged. Vendors must supply monthly and quarterly searchable audits; agencies publish them within two days, edited per ORS 192.345(44)(a). Before deploying, the agency publishes policies covering security, hot-list quality, training, retention/destruction, and required vendor-contract terms (agency owns the data; vendor requests go to the agency; encryption; CJIS; vendor liability). Existing pre-effective-date vendor contracts may run to term but may not be extended or renewed off the new terms; § 4 authorized-use and 30-day rules apply regardless. Vendors may not access, disclose, sell, share, or otherwise use captured data except short technical support with express consent, or the audits. Intentional or grossly negligent vendor misuse: individual civil action for damages and fees; any person may sue to enjoin. Retention: No more than 30 days after collection unless related to a court proceeding or ongoing criminal investigation (SB 1516 § 4(3)). Audit information is excepted from that cap..
- ROW permit None found
- not packed. Who may apply: ODOT’s permits page requires an encroachment permit for activity along a state highway, and lists a Miscellaneous Permit (Application and Permit to Occupy or Perform Operations on a State Highway, form 734-3457) for activities other than a utility installation or operation of a motor vehicle. That page does not name ALPR. Location-withholding litigation is a records lead, not the permit.. General encroachment / miscellaneous path retrieved. ALPR-named instrument not found. Empty beats wrong. Not Florida GUP, not Minnesota OLPA, not Utah Special Use.
Enrolled SB 1516 (2026) adds ORS 192.345(44): captured license plate data collected by a law-enforcement ALPR is conditionally exempt. Audit contents under the act are disclosed after editing out personally identifiable information, including plate number and vehicle characteristics. A request for conditional disclosure must identify approximate date and time of collection and be reasonably tailored; video/images must have faces rendered unidentifiable. Location-withholding litigation (Eugene / ORS 192.345(23) security-measures claims) is a lead about how agencies argued exemptions before this subsection existed — it is not the permit.
Enrolled bill; OLIS overview lists Chapter 77. Compiled ORS section numbers for §§ 3–9 of the act were not in the enrolled PDF (new material). This statute is not the ODOT permit.
General encroachment / miscellaneous path retrieved. ALPR-named instrument not found. Empty beats wrong. Not Florida GUP, not Minnesota OLPA, not Utah Special Use.
https://www.oregon.gov/odot/maintenance/pages/permits.aspx
Install process in this state
Steps 1–5 are the enrolled act. Step 6 is the absence of an ODOT ALPR-named instrument.
- This is Oregon DOT state-highway ROW, not Florida’s State Highway System. Do not import FAC 14-20.010, Minnesota OLPA, Utah Special Use, or Johnson City, TN contract terms.
- SB 1516 §§ 3–9 is a use, retention, sharing, audit, and vendor-contract statute. It is not a permit to occupy highway ROW. Location-withholding fights (Eugene public-records suits under ORS 192.345(23)) are also not the permit; the 2026 act added ORS 192.345(44) as a captured-plate-data exemption.
- A law-enforcement agency may use an ALPR only for the authorized purposes in § 4(2). Unmatched captured data older than 30 days is destroyed unless it is tied to a court proceeding or an ongoing criminal investigation.
- Publish the § 7 policies before deploying. New or renewed vendor contracts must say the agency owns the data, the vendor does not sell or use it, requests go to the agency, and the vendor is liable for misuse. Publish the vendor audits within two days, stripped of plate numbers and other PII.
- Do not give non-Oregon agencies unrestricted or ongoing access. Log every search, including the specific crime or violation when that is the purpose.
- For work on a state highway or shoulder, ODOT’s published path is an encroachment / miscellaneous occupancy permit. Whether that form is the ALPR instrument is Unproven — the permits page does not name ALPR.
Primary
Where to ask
City/county records officer
Minutes, resolutions; public records under ORS 192.311–192.478, subject to 192.345(44) for captured plate data
Law-enforcement agency
ALPR system (agency-owned data), search logs, published policies, vendor contract, published audits
ALPR vendor (under contract)
Systems and audits only as the contract and §§ 6 and 9 allow — not as owner of captured data
Oregon DOT district permit office
Encroachment / miscellaneous occupancy files — ALPR-named type not packed
Enrolled SB 1516 § 4(3) limits retention of captured license plate data not related to a court proceeding or ongoing criminal investigation to no more than 30 days after collection.
ORS 192.345(44), as amended by SB 1516, conditionally exempts captured license plate data collected by a law-enforcement ALPR from disclosure, with edited audits still public.
Oregon DOT has a named ALPR right-of-way permit type.
The permits page lists encroachment and miscellaneous occupancy. It does not name ALPR.
Sources in this pack
Enrolled Senate Bill 1516 (2026) — Automated license plate recognition systems primary
Oregon Legislative Assembly (OLIS) · accessed 2026-09-01
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1516/EnrolledChapter 77; emergency clause, effective on passage. §§ 3–9 ALPR; § 11 amends ORS 192.345.
SB 1516 (2026 Regular Session) overview — Chapter 77 primary
Oregon Legislative Assembly (OLIS) · accessed 2026-09-01
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/SB1516ORS Chapter 192 — Records; Public Reports and Meetings primary
Oregon Legislative Assembly · accessed 2026-09-01
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors192.htmlPermits — encroachment and miscellaneous occupancy of a state highway primary
Oregon Department of Transportation · accessed 2026-09-01
https://www.oregon.gov/odot/maintenance/pages/permits.aspxALPR not named.
What was checked
2026-09-01
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1516/Enrolled and Measures/Overview/SB1516
Primary enrolled SB 1516, Chapter 77, emergency on passage. ALPR §§ 3–9 and ORS 192.345(44) packed.
2026-09-01
https://www.oregon.gov/odot/maintenance/pages/permits.aspx
Primary general encroachment / miscellaneous occupancy page. No ALPR-named instrument. Not packed as the install permit.
2026-09-01
Eugene Flock location-withholding litigation (ACLU of Oregon, Oct 2025) citing ORS 192.345(23)
Lead only. Packed the 2026 statutory exemption at ORS 192.345(44) instead. Litigation is not the permit.