Oregon Landlord-Tenant Laws

Verified October 1, 2026 Correction October 8, 2026

Oregon at a glance

Rule	Oregon	Cited to
Max security deposit	No statutory cap	ORS 90.300 +2 more
Deposit return deadline	31 days	ORS 90.300 +2 more
Rent-increase notice (month-to-month)	90 days	ORS 90.323 +6 more
Statewide rent control / rent cap	Yes	ORS 90.323 +6 more
Late-fee cap	No dollar cap — instead one of exactly three exclusive fee structures under ORS 90.260(2), and a charge outside them is not collectible The three structures are: (a) a reasonable flat amount charged once per rental period, 'reasonable' meaning the customary amount charged by landlords for that rental market; (b) a reasonable per-day charge beginning on the fifth day of the rental period, capped at 6% of the paragraph-(a) flat amount per day; or (c) 5% of the periodic rent payment, charged once for each succeeding five-day period (or portion) the rent remains delinquent.	ORS 90.260 +3 more
Entry notice	24 hours	ORS 90.322 +1 more
Eviction notice (nonpayment)	10 days	ORS 90.110 +44 more
Application fee cap	Cost-based ceiling rather than a dollar cap.	ORS 90.295 +26 more
Interest owed on deposits	No — no statute addresses it	ORS 90.300 (Security deposits; prepaid rent), in ORS ch. 90 (2025 edition) +1 more
Repair deadline after tenant notice	30 days	ORS 90.320 (landlord to maintain premises in a habitable condition) +16 more
Repair and deduct	Yes — authorized by statute	ORS 90.320 (landlord to maintain premises in a habitable condition) +16 more
Landlord notice to end a month-to-month tenancy	30 days (3 counting rules)	Or. Rev. Stat. § 90.427 +19 more
Owner and agent identity disclosure	Required — in the lease or in a separate writing	ORS § 90.100 +41 more
In-force state hazard disclosures beyond the federal lead-paint rule	None in force	ORS § 90.100 +41 more
Pet deposit	Allowed, no cap	ORS 90.100 +22 more
Assistance animals: the state instrument	Documentation statute or rule	ORS 90.100 +22 more

Cite this page: "Landlord Atlas, Oregon Landlord-Tenant Laws (verified October 1, 2026), landlordatlas.com/laws/oregon/" — free to cite and quote with a link (how these records are verified). Every figure above is cited to the Oregon statute it comes from on the linked topic page.

Local rent regulation in Oregon

Oregon law bars cities and counties from enacting local rent control, with narrow exceptions for subsidized housing, condominium conversions, and disasters, while a separate statewide law caps most annual rent increases.

Portland — Rent Control (none; barred by state law)

Cited to Or. Rev. Stat. § 91.225 , Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 90.323, 90.324 (statewide cap) · Verified October 1, 2026 · Full Oregon rent-increase rules →

Oregon landlord-tenant laws by topic

Oregon security deposits

Oregon sets no cap on how much a landlord can charge for a security deposit, but the deposit and a written accounting for every deduction must be returned within 31 days after the tenancy ends and the tenant hands back possession.

Oregon rent increase notice

Oregon caps most residential rent increases at 9.5% for calendar year 2026 and 10% for calendar year 2027, and requires at least 90 days' written notice before any increase takes effect.

Oregon late fees

Oregon gives tenants a statutory four-day grace period: a landlord may not charge a late fee unless rent is still unpaid after the fourth day of the rental period, and the fee must be spelled out in a written rental agreement.

Oregon entry notice

Oregon landlords must give tenants at least 24 hours' actual notice before entering a rental unit, and may enter only at reasonable times.

Oregon eviction process

To evict a tenant in Oregon a landlord serves a written termination notice - 10 days for nonpayment of rent (servable no earlier than the 8th day of the rental period) or 13 days if served from the 5th day, 30 days with a 14-day cure right for a lease violation, or 24 hours for violence, serious property damage or conduct outrageous in the extreme - and then, if the tenant does not cure or leave, files a forcible entry and wrongful detainer action under ORS 105.100 to 105.168 in the circuit court for the county where the property sits.

Oregon application & screening fees

Oregon regulates the rental application stage closely: an applicant screening charge may not exceed the landlord's average actual cost of screening or the customary market charge for comparable screening, only one charge may be required from an applicant in any 60-day period, and no charge may be taken until the landlord has adopted written screening criteria and given the applicant a detailed written notice.

Oregon deposit interest

Oregon requires no interest on a residential security deposit at the state level — but a Portland tenant may be owed it, because the city's own code says so when the deposit sits in an interest-bearing account.

Oregon habitability & repairs

Oregon requires a landlord to keep a rented dwelling in a habitable condition at all times, and it measures that against a specific statutory list rather than a general standard: a unit is unhabitable if it substantially lacks any of the listed items.

Oregon lease termination

In Oregon a landlord may end a month-to-month tenancy without giving a reason only during the first year of occupancy, on 30 days' written notice.

Oregon lease disclosures

An Oregon written lease must disclose the smoking policy, say if the unit is in the 100-year flood plain, describe every fee, and name the landlord or manager in writing at or before the tenancy starts, and the tenant is entitled to a copy of the agreement with no deadline attached.

Oregon pets & assistance animals

In Oregon a pet deposit may be any size, but a pet fee that is not refundable is unlawful, and monthly pet rent is lawful because the state's definition of rent covers the right of a permitted pet to occupy.

Oregon mobile home park laws

Oregon regulates manufactured-home park space tenancies through ORS 90.505 to 90.850, which require 90 days' notice of a lot-rent increase capped at 6% a year in parks with more than 30 spaces (the lesser of 10% or 7% plus inflation in smaller parks), allow termination only for the statutory causes, and require 365 days' notice plus an owner-paid relocation payment to close a park.

Oregon Fair Market Rents (FY 2027) — HUD's benchmark rents for every Oregon metro area and county.

Editable Oregon deposit kit · Editable Oregon disclosure packet — editable documents built on the verified Oregon rules on this page, in Word, fillable PDF and Excel.

Changes since last full verification

The Verified date above (October 1, 2026) marks the last time every figure on this page was verified end-to-end against official sources. The changes below were published since then, each verified against the official source it names (what these dates mean).

Correction, October 8, 2026 — Illinois: the Rent Concession Act's legend ("Concession Granted" across the face and text of the lease) applies to a concession the written lease does not expressly mention (765 ILCS 730/2 and /3). Oregon: ORS 90.245 bars a rental agreement from making the tenant waive chapter 90 rights; it protects the tenant and does not bar the landlord from agreeing to a longer notice. Ohio: a written lease must give an entity owner's or agent's principal place of business in the county or, failing one there, in Ohio (section 5321.18(A)). Delaware: any lease term that conflicts with the Code is unenforceable unless the Code allows it (section 5101(a)). Colorado: section 38-12-106 calls the $300 pet deposit an additional security deposit and section 38-12-102.5 caps a security deposit at two months' rent; neither says whether the pet deposit counts inside the cap, and the pages now say so. New York: the good-cause page no longer names a fixed list of opted-in localities; the state housing agency publishes the current list and the Attorney General keeps its own. Maine: the Attorney General's Total Price Disclosure Statement is listed as a document (14 M.R.S. § 6030-J).

How this record was verified: Direct read of statute text on the official Oregon Legislature site (oregonlegislature.gov) on October 1, 2026: ORS chapters 90, 91, 105 and 19 in the 2025 Edition, which takes in the 2025 regular session. The 2026 regular session's changes were read in the session laws themselves (Oregon Laws 2026, chapters 23, 60, 61 and 108), with the Legislature's tables of sections amended for the 2025 regular session, the 2025 special session and the 2026 regular session. Key numbers read: 31-day deposit return, 2x penalty, 4th-day late-fee grace, 6%/day and 5%/5-day fee caps, 24 hours' actual notice, 90-day increase notice, first-year bar, once-per-12-months limit, 15-year exemption, 3-months-rent penalty, lesser-of-10%-or-7%+CPI formula. The annually published cap was read on the Department of Administrative Services Office of Economic Analysis rent-stabilization page, in its press releases and in its calculation workbooks: 9.5% for calendar 2026 (West Region CPI change of 2.5%) and 10% for calendar 2027 (press release of September 28, 2026).