Oregon Landlord-Tenant Laws

Verified July 9, 2026

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.

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Oregon Rent increase notice

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

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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.

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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.

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How this record was verified: Dual-host reads of statute text: official Oregon Legislature ORS chapter pages (oregonlegislature.gov ors090.html and ors091.html) plus the oregon.public.law mirror (current through the 2023 ORS edition and 2024 session), with verbatim re-reads of ORS 90.323(2)-(6) and 90.324(1)-(2). Every load-bearing number (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) was read on both hosts. The annually-published cap figure was verified on the official DAS Office of Economic Analysis rent-stabilization page (fetched twice with different prompts) and cross-confirmed against the DAS newsroom press releases of 2025-09-30 and the 2025-10-01 correction: 9.5% for calendar 2026 (CPI-U West Region September 12-month average of 2.5%). 2026 short-session sweep via the Oregon Real Estate Agency's official 2026 Legislative Update: SB 1523, HB 4120, HB 4123 all enacted, none changes a v1 field.