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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2718
Sponsored by Representative EVANS (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act allows car dealers to turn in paperwork to the DMV in person. (Flesch Read-
ability Score: 77.8).
Allows vehicle dealers to submit vehicle-related documents in person at a field office of the
Department of Transportation.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to vehicle dealers; amending ORS 822.043.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 822.043 is amended to read:
822.043. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Integrator” has the meaning given that term in ORS 802.600.
(b) “Vehicle dealer” means a person issued a vehicle dealer certificate under ORS 822.020.
(2) A vehicle dealer that the Department of Transportation has designated to act as an agent
of the department under ORS 802.031 may elect to prepare, submit, or prepare and submit documents
necessaryto:
(a) Issue or transfer a certificate of title for a vehicle;
(b) Register a vehicle or transfer registration of a vehicle;
(c) Issue a registration plate;
(d) Verify and clear a title;
(e) Perfect, release or satisfy a lien or other security interest;
(f) Comply with federal security requirements; or
(g) Render any other services for the purpose of complying with state and federal laws related
to the sale of a vehicle.
(3) A vehicle dealer who prepares any documents described in subsection (2) of this section:
(a) May charge a purchaser of a vehicle a document processing fee for the preparation of those
documents.
(b) May not charge a purchaser of a vehicle a document processing fee for the submission of
any document or the issuance of a registration plate.
(c) May charge a purchaser of a vehicle a document processing fee for performing any of the
services described in subsection (2) of this section in connection with preparing the documents de-
scribed in subsection (2) of this section.
(d) May submit the documents in person at any field office of the Department of Trans-
portation.
(4) A purchaser of a vehicle may negotiate the amount of the document processing fee with a
vehicle dealer, but in no case shall the document processing fee charged by a vehicle dealer under
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 2785 HB2718
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this section exceed:
(a) $250, if the vehicle dealer uses an integrator; or
(b) $200, if the vehicle dealer does not use an integrator.
(5) If a vehicle dealer charges a document processing fee under subsection (4)(a) of this section,
of the amount collected $35 shall be paid to the integrator.
(6) Unless otherwise provided by rule, if a vehicle dealer uses an integrator and charges a doc-
ument processing fee greater than that charged for not using an integrator, the dealer must inform
the purchaser of the vehicle of the option of using an integrator to prepare the documents. The
purchaser may then elect whether or not to have the vehicle dealer use an integrator to prepare the
documents.
(7) If the purchaser of a vehicle pays a document processing fee, the vehicle dealer shall prepare
and submit all documents to complete the transaction as permitted by law.
(8)(a) A vehicle dealer who collects the privilege tax imposed under ORS 320.405 from the pur-
chaser of a taxable motor vehicle may collect the privilege tax at the same time and in the same
manner as the vehicle dealer collects document processing fees under this section. The amount of
the privilege tax shall be in addition to and not in lieu of document processing fees collected under
this section.
(b) A vehicle dealer may exclude the amount of the privilege tax from the capitalized cost and
offering price of a taxable motor vehicle as those terms are defined by the Department of Justice
by rule.
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