Bend, OR Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Storage limit on private lots
- 72 hours unless fully enclosed
- Covers
- whole vehicles and major parts like engines
- Violation class
- Class B civil infraction
- Maximum penalty
- $400.00 under BC 1.40.080
- Public street abandonment
- handled separately under BC Chapter 1.45 tow authority
Summary
The City of Bend bans storing an inoperable, wrecked, dismantled, abandoned, junked, or unlicensed vehicle, or its major parts, on private property for more than 72 hours unless the vehicle sits inside a building or behind a fully enclosed fence or screen, per Bend Code Chapter 13.25.
For the purposes of this chapter, discarded means any vehicle that is in one or more of the following conditions: A. Inoperable. B. Wrecked. C. Dismantled. D. Partially dismantled. E. Abandoned. F. Junked. G. Unlicensed. ... 13.25.010 Discarded Vehicles. A. Discarded vehicles may be considered to include major vehicle parts, including, but not limited to, bodies, engines, transmissions and rear ends. B. No person shall store or permit the storing of a discarded vehicle on private property for more than 72 hours unless it is completely enclosed within a building or in a space entirely enclosed and hidden by a fence or screen. C. A violation of this section is a Class B civil infraction.
Full Breakdown
010(A) extends the rule to major vehicle parts such as bodies, engines, transmissions and rear ends left on a property. 010(B) prohibits storing or permitting the storage of a discarded vehicle on private property in the City of Bend for more than 72 hours unless the vehicle is completely enclosed within a building, or is in a space entirely enclosed and hidden by a fence or screen; a vehicle sitting openly in a driveway, side yard, or carport past that 72-hour window is a violation even if it never leaves the property.
00, with the Municipal Court authorized to adopt its own lower standard penalty schedule for routine citations. 25. Together the two chapters cover both private-lot storage of junk vehicles and public right-of-way abandonment, giving the City tools against derelict vehicles wherever they sit.
Violations & Fines
Storing a discarded vehicle, or major parts of one, in open view on private property longer than 72 hours violates BC 13.25.010(B) and is a Class B civil infraction carrying up to a $400.00 penalty under BC 1.40.080. Screening the vehicle entirely behind a solid fence, or garaging it inside a building, avoids the violation; leaving it partly visible or covered only by a tarp does not meet the "completely enclosed" standard.
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