Beaverton, OR

Removing trees from a Beaverton Significant Grove or Natural Resource Area triggers mitigation planting under Development Code § 60.60.25: up to a 2:1 on-site ratio once removal…

Beaverton caps weeds and grass on property at 12 inches; anything taller is declared 'noxious vegetation,' a public nuisance under BC 5.05.090, enforceable citywide.

Beaverton requires property owners to prune trees and bushes to at least ten feet above roadways and eight feet above sidewalks or bike paths, under BC 5.05.098, part of the city's…

Beaverton's Development Code requires new site landscaping to draw from approved plant lists, including Metro's Native Plants Booklet, and mandates that at least half of all trees and…

Beaverton has no standing lawn-watering schedule; instead the city council can prohibit or restrict water use by resolution during a shortage or emergency, enforced as a civil…

Oregon allows rainwater collection from impervious rooftop surfaces without a water right under ORS 537.141. The statute explicitly exempts rooftop harvesting, providing universal…

A new or modified fence at a Beaverton commercial, industrial, or multi-family property needs a Design Review Compliance Letter; single-detached homes are exempt and only need to meet…

Beaverton's Development Code requires fences and walls to be built of durable materials such as wood, stone, rock or brick, and mandates coated slats on any chain-link fence used for…

In Beaverton, retaining walls that safeguard building users, support a regulated building, or are taller than 4 feet require a building permit under the city's adopted residential…

Beaverton fences may sit right on the lot line but are capped at 3 feet in most front yards, 6 feet along Collector or Arterial streets, and 8 feet in all other yards, per Development…

Oregon's partition fence statutes (ORS Chapter 96) impose statewide rules requiring adjoining landowners to share costs of livestock fencing in livestock districts. The law applies…

Beaverton bars unreasonably loud sound-amplification devices near homes and public spaces between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays, and 10 p.m. to 10 a.m. on weekends and holidays…

Construction, demolition, and repair work in Beaverton's residential areas, or within 300 feet of a noise-sensitive area, is barred outside 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. except under a City…

Running a leaf blower, power fan, or other internal combustion engine loud enough to be heard across the property line is barred in Beaverton's residential and noise-sensitive areas…

Beaverton bars sounding a vehicle horn or other signaling device for more than 10 consecutive seconds on a highway or public-access premises, except as a genuine danger warning, under…

In residential areas of Beaverton, Washington County, sound between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. that exceeds 50 dBA at the noise-sensitive area's property line counts as evidence of a loud or…

Beaverton bans unreasonably loud and raucous noise from any animal or bird, holding whoever owns, controls, or cares for the animal responsible for a barking-dog nuisance.

Beaverton's noise ordinance treats sound as unreasonably loud between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. once it exceeds 50 dBA at a neighbor's property line, on top of the code's general ban on…

In unincorporated Washington County land near Stark's Twin Oaks Airpark, the Public Use Airport Safety and Compatibility Overlay District requires noise-sensitive buildings (homes…

Beaverton prohibits keeping any wild, exotic, or dangerous animal within city limits, with narrow exceptions for institutions, circuses, veterinarians, and assistance animals.

Beaverton allows up to four hens per property for personal use, bans roosters outright, and requires a 5,000-square-foot lot with a secure enclosure kept 20 feet from any neighboring…

Beaverton bans retail pet stores from selling dogs or cats; only shelters, rescues, and residential Beaverton breeders may offer them.

Beaverton bans feeding waterfowl or other wildlife on its parks, plazas and library grounds: a targeted park rule under Chapter 9.08, not a citywide restriction on backyard bird…

Beaverton excludes dogs from its general animal-at-large rule and instead enforces Washington County's Dog Control Ordinance No. 306 as the city's own dog law.

Beaverton's animal-at-large ordinance names domestic cats as its sole exemption, so cats may roam free citywide and owners aren't required to pick up cat waste in public areas either.

A dog or cat adopted from Washington County Animal Services, or from a licensed animal rescue entity in the county, must be spayed or neutered within four months of adoption if too…

Washington County Code does not ban dogs by breed. Instead, WCC 6.04.310 classifies 'dangerous behavior' by what a dog actually does, menacing, biting, or seriously injuring a person…

In unincorporated Washington County's Transit Oriented Districts, a veterinary office without outdoor kennels needs a discretionary Type II land use permit and is only allowed in the…

Any animal rescue entity operating in unincorporated Washington County, including a sanctuary, shelter, humane society or boarding kennel holding ten or more animals and soliciting…

Oregon Department of Agriculture requires all beekeepers with five or more hives to register annually under ORS 602.090. Registration funds apiary inspection and pest monitoring…

Oregon prosecutes animal hoarding under ORS 167.325 through 167.333, with felony charges available when 11 or more animals are involved or domestic animals are neglected. The criminal…

Beaverton requires every swimming pool to be completely enclosed by a fence or wall at least 4 feet high with no gaps over 4 inches, plus self-latching gates set at least 40 inches…

Beaverton treats any pool exceeding 24 inches of depth as a regulated swimming pool whether it sits above or below grade, so above-ground and portable pools trigger the same permit and…

A recorded Beaverton HOA covenant or CC&R cannot require an accessory dwelling unit to be owner-occupied. Development Code § 10.18.4 makes every such recorded instrument print a notice…

Beaverton has not adopted Appendix Q's special tiny-house standards, so a tiny house here must meet the same full Residential Specialty Code requirements as any other dwelling.

Beaverton caps combined accessory-structure footprint at 500 square feet on lots up to 10,000 square feet (700 on larger lots), limits height to 15 feet and one story, with 3- to…

Converting a garage into an accessory dwelling unit is allowed in Beaverton, but unlike a basement or attic conversion it still counts toward the 800-square-foot ADU size cap.

Beaverton allows one accessory dwelling unit per single-detached home through a staff-level Type 1 permit, capped at 800 square feet unless it converts existing floor area.

Rural accessory dwelling units in unincorporated Washington County cannot be rented out as vacation rentals. CDC §§ 430-3.1.G and 430-4.1.E bar both Rural ADUs and Rural Historic ADUs…

Beaverton bars parking a motor truck on a street between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. in front of or next to a residence, motel, apartment house, hotel, or other sleeping accommodation.

Beaverton bars leaving an RV, trailer, camper, or boat parked on a city street unless it moves at least a tenth of a mile every 48 hours.

Beaverton bans leaving an abandoned vehicle on any street or public property, defining abandonment at 48 hours for motor vehicles and letting the city tow, store, and sell it.

Beaverton requires off-street loading docks to sit on the same lot as the building they serve, never inside required parking area, and never positioned so a loading vehicle sticks out…

In Beaverton's RMA, RMB, RMC and CM-RM residential zones, houses and middle housing can park only two vehicles in the front yard: extra spaces must go in the side or rear yard, and all…

Beaverton can designate residential permit parking districts where only permit holders may park beyond the posted time limit, once occupancy and resident-support thresholds are met.

Beaverton requires vehicles parked on streets to sit parallel with the curb, facing the direction of traffic, with curbside wheels within 12 inches of the curb.

Washington County's Community Development Code does not mandate electric vehicle charging spaces, but Section 413-3.6 sets installation standards for any that are provided, allowing…

Washington County Code Chapter 8.16 hands sheriff's deputies towing authority on top of ORS Chapter 819, but it deliberately builds no county tow board and no county rate schedule…

Running a Beaverton home daycare that has parents or kids visiting requires a Home Occupation Two approval, capped at 8 daily clients and one non-resident staff member.

Beaverton caps home-business signage at one name plate no larger than two square feet: no other exterior advertising signs are allowed under the Development Code.

Beaverton requires a Home Occupation Type 1 or Type 2 land-use permit for any home-based business, with the tier set by whether outside customers or employees visit the property.

Beaverton limits home-business client visits to 8 per day between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., and requires a Home Occupation Two permit before any customers may visit.

Oregon lets a home kitchen sell food without any State Department of Agriculture license under ORS 616.723, provided five conditions are met at once: the establishment is in a…

Oregon has no microenterprise home kitchen operation permit and no meal-count carve-out of the kind Ohio and California use. Cooking meals to order for the public from a residence puts…

Selling fireworks in Beaverton requires a Temporary Non-Mobile Sales land-use approval, a City Business License, and state or local fireworks licensing, and the same site may host the…

Owners of dwellings and structures in the EFC forest zone must maintain a 30-foot fuel-free primary fire break around the building, plus an additional 100-foot fuel-free secondary…

New dwellings and structures in the EFC (Exclusive Forest and Conservation) District must meet strict forest structure siting and fire safety standards designed to minimize wildfire…

No one may open-burn yard debris on single- or multi-family property in unincorporated Washington County's Metro-boundary area at any time of year unless the Department of Health and…

Washington County's Air Quality Ordinance exempts recreational fires, fire pits, chimineas and patio fireplaces no larger than 3 feet across and 2 feet tall, from its year-round…

Oregon requires a State Fire Marshal license to install, extend, alter, or repair LP gas containers, appliances, or piping. Installers must report every new propane installation to the…

Anyone operating a short-term rental or other transient lodging in Washington County must register with the county within 15 days of starting business under WCC 3.08.190. The county…

Oregon imposes a 1.5% statewide transient lodging tax on all short-term rentals under 30 days, applying universally to hosts and intermediaries regardless of city. Local lodging taxes…

Beaverton, Oregon zones marijuana dispensaries and retail marijuana sales out of every residential and downtown district while allowing them, with conditions, in the city's commercial…

Beaverton's Development Code keeps new retail marijuana sales 1,000 feet from any existing dispensary or retailer: a business-spacing rule, not a school or park buffer.

Beaverton bars dumping rubbish, trash, or debris on public or private property, and bars placing trash in someone else's container without permission, under BC 5.05.095.

Beaverton requires covered food businesses to separate food scraps from other solid waste, with signage, receptacles, and a 250-lb/week exemption threshold.

Beaverton assigns every neighborhood a City-franchised solid waste hauler under BC 4.08.100; residents can self-haul their own waste instead of subscribing, but no unfranchised hauler…

Beaverton delegates specific trash and recycling pickup rules to the city manager under BC 4.08.205, and a customer who breaks a promulgated rule commits a separate Class 1 Civil…

Beaverton's franchise recycling ordinance limits curbside yard debris to grass, leaves and prunings under four inches thick, and excludes dirt, sod, stumps, rocks and other bulky yard…

Beaverton requires a franchised citywide recycling program under BC 4.08.020, targeting a 75% recovery rate by 2020 and 90% by 2050, alongside solid waste and yard debris collection.

Every certificated hauler serving unincorporated Washington County must provide on-route collection of source-separated recyclable material to all customers, matching the county's…

Beaverton bans leaving rubbish, hazardous materials, or human or animal waste in or around a campsite on public right-of-way or city property under its camping ordinance.

Washington County Code § 8.54.040(B) protects sitting, lying or sleeping on county property that doesn't 'create a camp or constitute camping,' as long as it doesn't obstruct the…

Beaverton bars city property, funds, equipment, and personnel from being used for federal immigration enforcement and requires declining most non-judicial immigration enforcement…

Beaverton bans inflatable signs, balloons and similar devices larger than eight cubic feet anywhere in the city: a limit broad enough to catch an oversized inflatable holiday display…

Beaverton allows unlimited temporary election signs up to six feet tall for sixty days before any election, but bars them from public property and the right-of-way, and requires…

Beaverton bans standalone digital billboards outright and allows Electronic Message Centers only as part of a permitted freestanding sign on arterial streets, tightly capped on…

Beaverton limits window signs to 20% of a window's interior area citywide, rising to 40% in the Downtown District, under the city's Development Code: no permit needed, just compliance.

Washington County's Community Development Code prohibits any sign built to face freeway traffic outright. Section 414-8.5 lists freeway-oriented signs among six categories banned…

Beaverton restricts door-to-door solicitation to 8 a.m.–9 p.m. and bars solicitors entirely from any residence posting a "No Solicitors" or "No Peddlers" sign.

Anyone going door-to-door in Beaverton to sell goods or solicit money must carry a current City business license and show it on request, or provide ID if license-exempt.

Beaverton runs an on-call rotation of towing companies for city-requested nonconsensual tows, letting the mayor set standards for joining, staying on, or being removed from the list.

Secondhand businesses in Beaverton need a police-issued permit at each location before buying, trading, or reselling used regulated property.

Beaverton pawnbrokers, defined by the state license under ORS 726.040, hold a secondhand dealer permit but need only report new transactions.

Beaverton's Development Code flatly excludes major and minor automotive service businesses from the Home Occupation program, so a residential auto-repair business cannot be permitted…

Retailers anywhere in Washington County, inside or outside the cities, since this runs through the county's countywide Public Health Authority, cannot sell flavored vape juice or…

Mobile food vending in Beaverton runs through the Development Code's Food Cart Pod process: carts are approved only in zoning districts listed in Chapter 20, sited under numeric…

Beaverton bars fixed or mobile vendors and concessions on its parks, plazas and library grounds unless covered by a special event permit: a park-property rule, not a general…

Beaverton food carts operating in an approved food cart pod must hold a current City Business License and keep all required Washington County Health and state licenses, per Development…

Beaverton property owners must keep abutting sidewalks, curbs and gutters safe and are liable for injuries caused by neglecting that duty.

Beaverton bars obstructing sidewalks and other public right-of-way, and erecting posts, signs, walls, fences, or structures in it, under BC 5.05.115, with limited listed exemptions.

Beaverton requires a director-issued permit before any business conducts commercial activity on a public sidewalk, on-street parking space, or private parking lot within city limits…

Violating Beaverton's habitability code carries civil infractions of up to $250 per day, and a unit posted with a notice to vacate cannot be reoccupied until the code official inspects…

For nonpayment of rent under ORS 90.394, an Oregon landlord must serve written notice giving 10 days to pay (no sooner than the 8th day of the period) or 13 days (no sooner than the…

Oregon law requires landlords to have a qualifying reason to terminate most month-to-month tenancies after the first year. ORS 90.427 enumerates landlord-based and tenant-based just…

ORS 90.322 requires an Oregon landlord to give the tenant at least 24 hours' actual notice before entering the dwelling and to enter only at reasonable times for a lawful purpose such…

ORS 90.260 lets an Oregon landlord charge a late fee only if rent is not received by the fourth day of the rental period and the written rental agreement provides for it. The fee must…

Oregon is unusual: it bans cities and counties from passing their own rent control, yet imposes a statewide annual rent-increase cap that applies almost everywhere. The cap is the…

Under ORS 90.323 and 90.600, an Oregon landlord cannot raise rent during the first year of a tenancy, must give at least 90 days' written notice for any later increase, and may not…

Oregon sets no dollar cap on residential security deposits, but it tightly controls how they are returned. After the tenancy ends and the tenant gives up possession, the landlord has…

Under ORS 105.620, a person may acquire title to Oregon real property by adverse possession only after 10 years of actual, open, notorious, exclusive, hostile, and continuous…

Beaverton bans rollerskates and skateboards on business-district sidewalks and on any street, except at authorized locations or to cross at a crosswalk.

Beaverton bans drinking alcohol or holding an open container in any public place unless authorized by council resolution, the state liquor commission, or a Tualatin Hills Park District…

In Beaverton, Oregon, a pedestrian who crosses a roadway outside a marked crosswalk when a marked crosswalk sits within 150 feet violates BC 6.02.510. The Beaverton Code also requires…

Beaverton Code bars defecating or urinating outside a restroom on City Park, library, and Round plaza grounds: one of several conduct rules for those specific City-owned properties.

Washington County doesn't have a stand-alone 'loud party' ordinance, but its Chronic Nuisance Property law, WCC § 8.44.020, holds an owner liable when a property racks up four or more…

Beaverton's Planned Unit Development code lets developers cut required open space by up to 60% in exchange for reserving 10-20% of units as affordable housing, a Planning…

Any new construction, addition, or major renovation within Beaverton's mapped Downtown Design District must pass one of three Design Review tracks under Development Code Chapter 70…

Beaverton's Development Code protects Significant Individual Trees, Historic Trees, and Significant Grove/SNRA trees, requiring protective fencing and barring construction, grading, or…

Beaverton requires street trees along every new land division's frontage before the city will approve the final plat, either through a city-planted fee program or a private planting…

In Significant Habitat areas within the urban growth boundary, only trees on the county's Native Tree List Category A that are 6 inches DBH or larger count as "Regulated Trees" subject…

In Beaverton's Downtown Central (RC-BC) zoning district, buildings need no side or interior setback but must sit back at least 6 feet from the front property line when ground-floor…

In Beaverton's RMB and RMC residential zones, buildings top out at 35 feet, but drop to 25 feet near the front or rear setback line under a 2022 rule.

Beaverton's building code classifies new family childcare and foster care uses inside a detached single-family home as ordinary Group R-3 residential occupancies, not commercial…

Beaverton bars occupying any building until a final inspection is completed and approved or a certificate of occupancy is issued, backed by civil penalties for skipping the step.

Beaverton's property maintenance code requires every exterior door to have a lock that discourages entry yet opens from inside without a key, plus sound hinges and strike plates.

Anyone who intends to construct, alter, enlarge, repair, move, or demolish a building or structure in Beaverton must first apply to the building official and obtain a permit.

Beaverton's Building Division issues all electrical permits under the state Electrical Specialty Code, which Oregon delegates to the city; anyone doing electrical work must apply and…

Beaverton's Building Division issues all plumbing permits under the state Plumbing Specialty Code; anyone doing plumbing work in the city must apply and obtain a permit before starting.

Beaverton, Oregon bars unaccompanied minors under 18 from public places during set curfew hours, with earlier limits for kids under 14 than for 14-17 year-olds.

City Park, the library grounds, the West Lot/Greenspace, and the Round's plazas in Beaverton are open only 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. under BC 9.08.120.

Beaverton caps a car horn or vehicle alarm sounding on a highway or public-use lot at 10 consecutive seconds, unless it's a danger warning.

Beaverton bans radios, stereos, boomboxes, and similar devices from producing sound, including heavy bass, that is plainly audible to others, with a 50-foot public-space threshold and…

Beaverton bars unreasonably loud, raucous, or excessive noise from loading or unloading a delivery vehicle at a business or residence, under BC 5.15.030(I).

Bars, restaurants, and other commercial establishments in Beaverton can't let unreasonably loud or raucous noise, including from an outdoor patio, reach a nearby noise-sensitive area…

Beaverton bans noise from a generator or other internal combustion engine in residential and noise-sensitive areas between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. if it carries across the property line…

Beaverton requires an annual 'open air Beaverton' sidewalk permit from the city engineer before a business can place tables, seating, or umbrellas on the sidewalk in front of its own…

Beaverton requires a police-chief-issued permit for any parade, applied for at least 48 hours ahead, except small sidewalk-only groups of 50 or fewer.

Street fairs and festivals on Beaverton right-of-way or city property need a special event permit under BC 7.05, with the application covering vendor food sales and site plans.

Anyone using Beaverton city property or public right-of-way for an organized special event must get a City permit first under BC 7.05.005, paying a cost-recovery fee.

Beaverton residents closing a public street for a block party need a temporary special permit from the city manager, reviewed under the same standards and procedure used for parade…

Beaverton prohibits billboards outright citywide under its Development Code, so there's no separate billboard-lighting standard to meet: the structure itself can't be erected anywhere…

New development and redevelopment in Beaverton must meet the Development Code's Technical Lighting Standards: fixtures need full cutoff or shielding, capped mounting heights, and…

Beaverton caps how much light a new development's fixtures may cast onto neighboring land, tied to shielding and cutoff angle.

Within Beaverton's Cooper Mountain Resource Overlay, planting vegetation on the city's approved nuisance or prohibited species plant lists is banned to protect wetlands and wildlife…

Beaverton's Development Code exempts Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) from Tree Plan permit requirements when removed or pruned inside a Significant Natural Resource Area or…

Beaverton property owners must clear snow or ice from sidewalks abutting their property within four hours of daylight, or treat ice with sand or ashes, under BC 5.05.085.

Beaverton bans weeds or grass over 12 inches tall on any property, including vacant and unimproved lots, as an abatable public nuisance.

Beaverton requires every dwelling to meet baseline maintenance standards, and treats a violation as a public nuisance the city can abate by repair or send to a court-appointed receiver…

Beaverton computes its annual business license tax either by the number of employees/full-time-equivalents working in the business or, for rental housing, by dwelling units, with…

Beaverton has no filming-specific ordinance; a production that closes a street works through the same BC 7.05 special event permit, which requires 20 days' advance notice to neighbors.

Beaverton limits outdoor cooking on city-owned parks and plazas: fires, stoves and barbecues are allowed only at locations and events the city manager designates, not city-wide or on…

Any Beaverton property connected to the public storm drainage system must pay a monthly maintenance charge set by council resolution, with a defined path to disconnect if runoff is…

Beaverton participates in FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program and regulates development in mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas under the Beaverton Development Code Chapter 60.05…

Washington County requires a grading permit for excavation, fill, private road cuts and site grading anywhere in the unincorporated county, with detailed exemptions for small jobs…

New homes and major remodels built inside a mapped flood area in unincorporated Washington County must have their lowest floor, including any basement, elevated at least 1 foot above…

Oregon's Beach Bill (ORS 390.605-390.770) and Statewide Planning Goals 16-19 give the state primary control over development on ocean shores, estuaries, dunes, and coastal headlands…

Beaverton exempts a resident's yard or garage sale from business licensing only if the noncommercial, on-premises sale of used household goods runs no more than six days in any…

Beaverton's property maintenance code requires every dwelling be kept free of insect and rodent infestation, and puts extermination duty on owners before occupancy and on occupants…

Beaverton's Development Code treats its own standards as a floor: recorded HOA covenants and CC&Rs can add stricter private restrictions, but when the City's Code is more restrictive…

Under the Oregon Planned Community Act, an HOA has a lien on each lot for unpaid assessments (plus interest, late charges, attorney fees and costs) and may judicially foreclose it…

Oregon requires HOA board meetings to be open to owners, with notice posted or distributed at least three days ahead in residential communities. Executive sessions are limited to…

Oregon has never enacted a right-to-dry statute. Nothing in the Oregon Planned Community Act or the Oregon Condominium Act mentions clotheslines or drying racks, so a covenant banning…

Oregon does not give a homeowner a standing right to xeriscape. What ORS 94.779(1) does is switch off the association's irrigation mandate: any provision of a planned community's…

Oregon gives an owner in a planned community the right to install an electric vehicle charging station for personal, noncommercial use in a parking space, on the lot, or in any other…

Oregon HOAs may levy reasonable fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws, or rules, but only after written notice and an opportunity to be heard, and only when based on a fine…

An Oregon condominium association gets an automatic lien on a unit the moment it levies an assessment, but ORS 100.450 hedges collection with limits an owner can use. It must record a…

Oregon does not cap how far an association may restrict leasing, does not require that owners already renting be grandfathered, and sets no minimum lease term or maximum rental…

Beaverton charges a 4% transient lodging tax on hotel, motel, and short-term rental stays under 30 consecutive days, on top of county and state tax.

Beaverton residents report suspected City Code or Development Code violations to code enforcement, which reviews every report and may investigate before pursuing a case.

In unincorporated Washington County, a code "violation" covers five categories: breaches of the Community Development Code and Comprehensive Framework Plan, Title 14 building rules…

After the county issues a notice of violation in unincorporated Washington County, the hearing before the hearings officer must be set at least thirty days out, unless a priority 1…

Beaverton requires City Historic Review approval before altering, moving, or demolishing a designated historic landmark, or before new construction inside a designated historic…

Washington County's AF-5 Agriculture and Forest District carries a built-in right-to-farm protection: CDC § 348-1 warns rural residents they 'will be subject to normal and accepted…

Commercial drone operations in Oregon are governed by FAA Part 107 plus ORS 837.300-837.390. Public agency UAS must register with the Oregon Department of Aviation, and ORS 837.385…

ORS 837.300-837.390 govern recreational drone use in Oregon, banning weaponized UAS, restricting flights over critical infrastructure and private property, and largely preempting local…

ORS 653.025 sets a three-tier statewide minimum wage and ORS 653.017 preempts cities and counties from adopting different local minimums.

ORS 653.601 mandates paid sick leave statewide, and Paid Leave Oregon under ORS Chapter 657B provides paid family and medical leave benefits.

ORS 653.412 to 653.485 require large retail, food, and hospitality employers to provide advance schedules and predictability pay.

Oregon issues concealed handgun licenses through county sheriffs under ORS 166.291, with statewide eligibility, training, and reciprocity standards.

Oregon law preempts most local firearm regulation but permits limited city and county rules in public buildings and on adjacent grounds.

Open carry of firearms is generally lawful in Oregon, but limited local ordinances may restrict loaded carry in incorporated public places.

Oregon allows firearms in private vehicles, but concealed loaded handguns inside a vehicle generally require a concealed handgun license under ORS 166.250.

Oregon nonprofit, fraternal, and religious organizations must hold a Department of Justice license before running bingo, lotto, raffle, or Monte Carlo fundraising events. DOJ won't…

Oregon does not legalize card rooms or social gambling statewide. ORS 167.121 lets counties and cities pass their own ordinance authorizing and licensing social games, games with no…

Oregon never passed a sports-wagering law. When PASPA fell in 2018, the Oregon State Lottery revived betting on games using power it already had: ORS 461.210 lets the Lottery…

You will not meet a sobriety checkpoint in Oregon. The Oregon Revised Statutes contain no roadblock or checkpoint authority of any kind for impaired driving, and the state's stop…

Oregon is one of the few states that forbids recording an in-person conversation unless every participant is specifically informed, and violating ORS 165.540(1)(c) is a Class A…

Oregon has never enacted a stop-and-identify statute. ORS 131.615 lets a peace officer stop you when the officer reasonably suspects you have committed or are about to commit a crime…

Since chapter 78, Oregon Laws 2022, an Oregon officer may ask to search your car during a traffic stop only after telling you that you have the right to refuse. ORS 810.410(3)(e) says…

Oregon has one of the narrowest golf cart schemes in the country, and it is not a general neighbourhood-cart law. Under ORS 810.070 a road authority may permit golf carts on its own…

HB 2509 bans most single-use plastic checkout bags statewide and requires a minimum charge for paper or thicker reusable bags at retailers.

SB 543 prohibits restaurants and food vendors from using polystyrene foam containers and bans the sale of polystyrene foam packing peanuts statewide.

SB 90 (2019), codified at ORS 616.892, limits when restaurants and convenience stores may hand out single-use plastic straws, requiring customers to request one first.

Oregon ORS 105.880 to 105.890 declares unenforceable any deed restriction, covenant, or HOA rule that prohibits or unreasonably restricts the installation of solar energy systems on…

Oregon prohibits the sale or distribution of tobacco and inhalant delivery systems to anyone under age 21 under ORS 431A.175.

Oregon has no statewide flavored tobacco ban, but ORS 431A.190 authorizes counties and cities to adopt stricter local tobacco rules.

Oregon lets you add auxiliary lights, but ORS 816.060 defines the term narrowly and attaches four hard conditions. An "auxiliary light" in Oregon is a low beam auxiliary light; the…

Oregon has no dash-cam statute and no list of items a driver is allowed to stick on the windshield. The governing provision is ORS 815.220, which makes it the offense of obstruction of…

Lane splitting is expressly illegal in Oregon, not merely unauthorised. ORS 814.240(1)(b) makes it the offence of motorcycle or moped unlawful passing to operate a moped or motorcycle…

Oregon draws a hard line between a frame and a cover. ORS 803.550(2)(b) makes a plate illegally altered if any material or covering, other than a frame or plate holder, is placed on…

Oregon has no statute that prohibits owning, carrying or operating a radar or laser detector in a private passenger vehicle. The Oregon Vehicle Code regulates the officer's speed…

Oregon does not licence studded tires, it bans metal studs outright and then suspends the ban for one winter window. ORS 815.160 makes it an offence to drive on any tire with a metal…

Oregon lets you tint the side and rear windows of a car only down to 35 percent total light transmittance, measured through the glass and the film together, and the film itself must…