Corvallis, OR

Corvallis exempts residential composting from its rat-eradication waste ban, letting households pile waste vegetable matter for composting even though dumping the same material…

In the City of Corvallis, owners and anyone with care or custody of a lot, including the adjacent park strip in the public right-of-way, must cut brush, weeds, thistles, grass, or…

Every property owner in the City of Corvallis must prune trees, shrubs, and vegetation growing in the park strip in front of their land to clear at least 8 feet above the sidewalk and…

A Corvallis property owner needs a City Manager permit under Municipal Code Section 2.19.060 before pruning or removing any street or public tree, and the City Manager can…

Wasting or negligently using water on a Corvallis premises lets the City utility shut off service if the customer doesn't fix it within 5 days of written notice, under Municipal Code…

In the City of Corvallis, a Naturescape yard, landscaping and gardening that uses predominantly native plants for wildlife habitat, is defined in Corvallis Municipal Code Section…

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

Corvallis Municipal Code Chapter 5.02 declares an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle on private or public property, other than a highway, a public nuisance the City…

In the City of Corvallis, vehicles in a marked loading zone may stop only to load or unload freight, materials or passengers, and only while loading-zone hours are in effect. Unmetered…

The City of Corvallis bans parking any ORS-defined trailer on a residential street, and bars parking any vehicle in a front or visible yard unless it sits on a paved driveway or an…

Corvallis Chapter 6.15 creates Residential Parking Permit Districts A, B and C near OSU and downtown, capping resident permits at three per kitchen (20 for co-ops, fraternities and…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 6.10.040.050 bars parking a trailer, as defined by ORS 801.560, on any street in a residential zone within the City. Loading or unloading goods at an…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 6.10.030.010 bans painting or marking any sidewalk, curb, street, or alley without authorization, including signs meant to restrict parking. Property…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 6.10.040.040(4) bars parking a vehicle on any street, alley, right-of-way, parkway, or other City-controlled property for more than 48 hours; Section…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 6.10.040.010 requires drivers to park within a single marked space and facing the indicated direction wherever the City has marked parking spaces, and…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 6.10.040.040(6) bans parking any vehicle in a yard visible from or adjacent to a street unless it sits on a driveway or parking area paved with…

If you reach your car before the tow truck has finished hooking up, Oregon requires the tower to release it at no charge under ORS 98.853(2)(a); once the hookup is complete the tower…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 5.03.030.010 bars any unreasonably loud, disturbing, or unnecessary noise citywide, and Section 5.03.030.020.09 sets a firm nighttime quiet period…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 5.03.030.020.08 requires every steam engine, internal combustion engine, motorboat, or motor vehicle to discharge its exhaust through a muffler or…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 5.03.030.020.10 sets baseline amplified-sound limits without a permit: 65 dBA daytime and 60 dBA nighttime at the receiving property line in…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 5.03.030.030 lets the City Manager issue an amplified sound permit, for a fee under Chapter 8.03, allowing sound above the baseline dBA limits in…

In the City of Corvallis, keeping any animal, including a barking dog, that causes frequent or long continued loud noise disturbing others' comfort, repose, health, or peace is banned…

In the City of Corvallis, keeping livestock such as horses, cattle, goats, sheep, or swine requires registering the animals with the Animal Control Officer under Corvallis Municipal…

In the City of Corvallis, owning, keeping, harboring, or possessing a 'dangerous animal,' a category that by definition includes any wild animal such as a lion, wolf, bear, or primate…

In the City of Corvallis, no dog may be at large, meaning off the owner's premises and not restrained by a handheld leash of six feet or less, under Corvallis Municipal Code Section…

In the City of Corvallis, domestic cats are declared personal property under the Municipal Code and, unlike dogs, may roam at large without violating the leash law, so long as the cat…

Corvallis's Land Development Code lists pet grooming as a Commercial Use Type, and most zones, including the Commercial Mixed Use, General Commercial, Central Business Fringe, Mixed…

The City of Corvallis splits veterinary clinics into two zoning categories under its Land Development Code: 'Animal Sales and Services - Veterinary (Small Animals)' and the equivalent…

Benton County does not license wildlife rescue and rehabilitation facilities itself; instead, County Code § 9.810(2)(b) exempts any veterinary clinic or wildlife rescue and…

Benton County's Sensitive Fish and Wildlife Habitat Overlay Zone (/FW) protects Northern Bald Eagle, Osprey, and Spotted Owl nests with a quarter-mile development review buffer, and…

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…

Oregon has no blanket statewide ban on feeding deer or elk. Under ORS 496.731, ODFW may order removal of attractants for potentially habituated wildlife, and many cities adopt their…

The City of Corvallis Fire Code adopts the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Sections 603 and 604, as its Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) rules under Corvallis Municipal Code…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 7.08.140 requires anyone selling, storing, or discharging fireworks or pyrotechnics to hold both a State Fire Marshal permit under OAR 837, Division…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 7.08.160 caps liquefied petroleum gas storage at the limits set in Oregon Fire Code Section 6104.2 for every property in the city, and only sites zoned…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 7.08.190 lets the Fire Chief order a halt to any barbecue grill, fire pit, chimney, incinerator, outdoor fireplace, or other open-flame use that…

Corvallis bans land-clearing, construction-debris and garbage burning anywhere within 6 miles of the City, and bars all open burning during any Fire Chief or Benton County-declared…

Corvallis Fire Code Section 7.08.120 requires owners and occupants to cut down and remove weeds, grass, vines or other readily ignitable growth that endangers property, and bars…

Every dwelling unit in the City of Corvallis must have an approved, working smoke alarm installed and maintained under the state building code and ORS 479.270 through 479.285, per…

A house, condominium or apartment rented in Corvallis for less than 30 days is a taxable lodging facility. Corvallis Municipal Code Section 8.04.020 imposes a 9 percent lodging tax on…

Anyone operating a short-term rental in Corvallis must register with the City as a lodging tax collector before collecting rent. Section 8.04.060 requires registration within 15 to 30…

A short-term rental booking platform operating in Corvallis cannot legally collect its fee unless the listed rental is registered with the City. Corvallis Municipal Code Section…

Benton County treats a short-term rental of an ordinary dwelling as a home occupation under BCC § 51.020(12), which pulls in the home occupation rule that the use must produce no…

Corvallis allows one accessory dwelling unit per lot under Land Development Code Section 4.9.40, capping ADU floor area at 900 square feet or 85 percent of the primary home's floor…

In the City of Corvallis, a shed counts as an Accessory Structure, and Land Development Code Section 4.3.40 names sheds outright as a permitted type in every zone that allows…

Benton County will not issue a building permit for a tiny house on wheels, classified as a Group R-5 wheeled residential structure under the 2018 Oregon Reach Code. Instead, placement…

Once a property in unincorporated Benton County has an accessory dwelling unit, neither the ADU nor the primary house may be rented short-term. BCC § 91.050(11) defines short-term as…

The City of Corvallis allows a Home Business, including a small Bed and Breakfast, in any dwelling without a separate zoning permit provided the use meets the six standards in Land…

Corvallis limits how much traffic a Home Business can generate: Land Development Code § 1.6.30 standard (d) requires that deliveries, pickups, parking, and sales at a home-based…

Home Business use in the City of Corvallis may not display anything on the outside of the dwelling indicating a business is being run there. Land Development Code § 1.6.30 standard (a)…

In the City of Corvallis, babysitting or caring for 16 or fewer children, including the caregiver's own resident family members, is zoned as 'Day Care, Residential,' an accessory use…

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…

In the City of Corvallis, fence height depends on which yard the fence sits in. Land Development Code Section 4.3.30(e) caps street-facing yard fences at four feet, allows exterior…

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…

Oregon requires every public swimming pool, spa pool, and wading pool to hold an Oregon Health Authority license and follow OHA safety, sanitation, and accident-prevention rules set…

Anyone wanting priority use of a City of Corvallis park for picnicking, softball, or another special event needs a City Manager-issued permit, which the City can refuse or revoke and…

A restaurant cannot put tables on a Corvallis sidewalk without a permit from the Building Official. Section 8.08.020 of the City Code limits sidewalk cafes to five commercial zones…

The City of Corvallis bans selling, storing, or displaying merchandise on any public way under Corvallis Municipal Code Section 5.03.100.040.02, but Community Event Organizers running…

Corvallis has no standalone parade-permit chapter; the old Section 6.10.050.010 was repealed in 2019. Parades now run through Section 6.09.010, which lets the City Manager temporarily…

In the City of Corvallis, garbage and recycling carts must sit within three feet of the curb without blocking bike lanes or sidewalks, and residents may only set them out 24 hours…

Dumping solid waste on Corvallis streets, alleys, public places, or someone else's property is a Class A Misdemeanor, punishable by up to a $2,500 fine and up to a year in jail under…

Corvallis' Land Development Code requires trash dumpsters to be screened with a fence, wall, or plantings at least four feet tall, kept out of required yards, and set back at least 15…

Corvallis bars solid waste collection trucks from running in the downtown business district between noon and 6 p.m., and requires every franchised hauler to use covered, watertight…

Corvallis requires everyone to dispose of perishable waste before it turns offensive and to keep nonperishable waste from piling up, backed by an exclusive franchise hauling system…

In unincorporated Benton County, recycling or reuse collection service runs through a county-issued franchise or a more limited permit under BCC § 23.220. The Board of Commissioners…

Corvallis bans any non-stormwater discharge or illegal connection into its municipal storm drainage system, with the Public Works Director able to fine negligent violators up to…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 7.08.120 requires every property owner or occupant to cut down and remove weeds, grass, vines, and other growth capable of easy ignition, and layers a…

The City of Corvallis requires an Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control (EPSC) permit before any ground-disturbing construction activity affecting 2,000 square feet or more…

In the City of Corvallis, any development in the Special Flood Hazard Area, the mapped 100-Year Floodplain of the Willamette River, Marys River, Millrace, and local streams, needs a…

In the City of Corvallis, the Land Development Code adds one foot of freeboard on top of FEMA's Base Flood Elevation to set the Design Flood Elevation, and every new or substantially…

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…

In the City of Corvallis, no one may enter, use, or park a vehicle in a City park during its posted hours of closure without a permit from the City Manager. Corvallis Municipal Code…

In the City of Corvallis, minors under 18 may not be in streets, parks, alleys, or other public places overnight unless accompanied by an adult, engaged in a lawful activity requiring…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 5.03.030.020.04 makes it a prohibited noise to use a mechanical device operated by compressed air, steam, or otherwise, including a generator or…

In the City of Corvallis, amplified music and sound systems above the baseline decibel limits need a City Manager permit under Corvallis Municipal Code Section 5.03.030.030. That…

In the City of Corvallis, drinking or carrying an open container of alcoholic liquor on any street, alley, public ground, building, or other place open to the general public, or inside…

In the City of Corvallis, using marijuana items, including smoking or vaping cannabis, in any public place is unlawful under Corvallis Municipal Code Section 5.03.040.020.04. The rule…

The City of Corvallis makes it a Class A Infraction to deposit or discharge human waste on any property open to or visible by the public, under Section 5.03.080.040 of the Municipal…

Corvallis bans smoking, including vaping with an electronic smoking device, in all public places within the city or on City property, on all City parks and trails, within 10 feet of…

Corvallis bans skates, including skateboards, from a defined downtown boundary bordered by NW Jackson, Sixth, Monroe, Eighth, SW Madison, Fifth and SW Jefferson, while allowing skate…

In the City of Corvallis, aggressive panhandling in any public place is a crime under Corvallis Municipal Code § 5.03.080.150. The ordinance defines aggressive panhandling as begging…

In the City of Corvallis, the owner of any land adjoining a public street must construct, repair, and maintain the sidewalk and driveway approach along that frontage under Municipal…

Anyone who wants to cut, excavate, tunnel under, or place an obstruction in a City of Corvallis street or alley needs a permit from the City Engineer under Municipal Code Chapter 2.03…

The City of Corvallis bars anyone from impeding pedestrian or vehicular traffic on any public way, including sidewalks, and from storing trailers or personal property there, under…

Anyone planting a tree, shrub, or other plant that can grow taller than 24 inches in a City of Corvallis park strip needs a permit from the City Manager under Municipal Code Section…

The City of Corvallis protects mapped Significant Vegetation, meaning trees over four inches in caliper and shrubs over four feet tall within designated wildlife habitat and tree grove…

In the City of Corvallis, a tree only becomes a protected 'Historically Significant Tree' once it sits on a Designated Historic Resource property, is at least 50 years old, and…

The City of Corvallis bans planting bamboo, along with poplar, willow, conifer, cottonwood, fruit and nut trees, and ailanthus, in any street right-of-way or park strip under Municipal…

Benton County bans removing vegetation from riparian areas and Systems-Critical Wetlands under BCC 88.320(1), but carves out a specific exception for non-native, invasive, and noxious…

When a leak sits between the water main and the meter on a Corvallis service line, the utility repairs it free of charge under Municipal Code Section 3.01.080(8). If an undetectable…

Spreading recycled water on farmland is a permitted use in unincorporated Benton County's Exclusive Farm Use Zone, not a variance-level request. BCC 55.106(2)(d) allows land…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 5.01.040 bars using propane-fueled heating or cooking devices, or building any fire, in a City park except in the fire rings, fireplaces, stoves, or…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 7.08.200 lets the Fire Chief modify fire-apparatus access-road requirements for residential buildings up to 40 feet tall if the building installs an…

Under Corvallis Municipal Code § 9.01.100.090, anyone holding a City building permit must request every required inspection, give inspectors site access, and keep the work exposed and…

Corvallis Municipal Code § 9.01.100.010 requires the building official to review every permit application and construction documents against the City Building Code before issuing a…

In the City of Corvallis, plumbing work must go through the Building Official under Corvallis Municipal Code Section 9.01.130.010, which adopts the Oregon Plumbing Specialty Code (OAR…

In the City of Corvallis, electrical work falls under Corvallis Municipal Code Section 9.01.140.010, which adopts the Oregon Electrical Specialty Code (OAR 918-305-0100) as part of…

The City of Corvallis levies no general gross-receipts business tax. City Code Section 8.01.010 bars operating any business, occupation or activity that requires a license without…

The City of Corvallis requires every residential rental property owner to register with the City before renting to a tenant. Corvallis Municipal Code Section 8.03.300.065 funds the…

In the City of Corvallis, the Livability Code sets specific interior habitability standards for tenant-occupied rentals under Corvallis Municipal Code Section 9.02.090.05. Landlords…

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…

Corvallis does not run a cyclical, mandatory inspection schedule for rental housing. Under the Corvallis Livability Code, Section 9.02.070.03 makes enforcement complaint-driven: the…

In the City of Corvallis, a tenant complaint that leads to a rental inspection is governed by the right-of-entry rules in Corvallis Municipal Code Section 9.02.070.05. The Community…

Corvallis has no designated rideshare pickup zones. Section 8.07.050(3) of the City Code bars transportation network companies from accepting street hails or using taxi stands, so an…

Corvallis Municipal Code Chapter 8.17 makes it unlawful to operate a business renting shared electric scooters, bikes, or skateboards anywhere in the city unless vehicles must be…

In the City of Corvallis, on-street bike lanes are mandatory on every Arterial Highway, Arterial, Collector, and Neighborhood Collector street built or rebuilt under the Land…

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…

The City of Corvallis bans camping on public rights-of-way, parks, sidewalks, alleys, streets, and under bridges under Section 5.03.080.080.02 of the Municipal Code, a Class C…

The City of Corvallis bars selling, storing, or displaying merchandise on any public way, including sidewalks, under Section 5.03.100.040 of the Municipal Code, but lets Community…

Corvallis limits year-round mobile food vending on private property to three Commercial Mixed Use zones (CMU-1, CMU-2, CMU-3) and the OSU Zone under Municipal Code Section 8.13.060…

Placing a food truck or cart on private property year-round in the City of Corvallis requires two separate permits from the Development Services Manager under Municipal Code Chapter…

Corvallis Municipal Code Chapter 6.14 lets the Chief of Police have a vehicle towed for parking violations or unsafe driving, but requires 24-hour pre-tow notice in most cases…

In the City of Corvallis, pawnbrokers must hold both the state pawnbroker's license and a City Secondhand Dealer Permit before opening for business. Corvallis Municipal Code Chapter…

In Corvallis, anyone buying used merchandise such as electronics, tools, bicycles, or musical instruments from the public must hold a City dealer's license under Municipal Code Chapter…

Selling tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and vape devices, in the City of Corvallis requires an annual retail license under Municipal Code Chapter 8.10. New stores cannot…

Benton County has no separate permit track for a residential auto repair business; it runs as a home occupation under BCC §§ 91.205-91.215. On a one-to-five-acre lot, that means no…

In the City of Corvallis, political and campaign signs cannot go up in the public right-of-way or planting strip without the city's written consent, and campaign signs citywide are…

In the City of Corvallis, an electronic billboard is regulated as a 'Variable Message Sign,' the Land Development Code's term for any LED, video display, or electronic message center…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 5.04.050(2)(c) makes it the joint and several duty of every owner or person in charge of property next to a sidewalk to keep that sidewalk free of ice…

The City of Corvallis declares any derelict structure a public nuisance and bans its presence outright under Section 9.02.110.01 of the Corvallis Livability Code. Nobody may live in…

In the City of Corvallis, Corvallis Municipal Code Section 9.02.090.06.020.065 makes rank vegetation, weeds, and tall grass over 10 inches a public nuisance on any lot, vacant or…

Corvallis Housing & Neighborhood Services Code Compliance responds to a livability complaint with a single inspection contact, then gives most violations 7 days, plus 3 if mailed, to…

In the City of Corvallis, code complaints under the Livability Code start with the Director under Corvallis Municipal Code Section 9.02.070.03. Members of the public, city staff, or…

In the City of Corvallis, the most frequently cited property-maintenance violations come from Corvallis Municipal Code Section 9.02.090.06, the exterior structure and premises…

The City of Corvallis charges a 9 percent lodging tax on every stay under 30 days in a hotel, motel, short-term rental, or similar lodging facility, rounded down to the nearest cent…

In the City of Corvallis, Corvallis Municipal Code Chapter 4.02 requires every owner and occupant of a building, lot or premises to rat-proof and rat-free the property to the City…

Every food service worker in unincorporated Benton County must get a food service worker's permit from the Health Department within 5 days of starting work, under BCC § 22.105. Permits…

The City of Corvallis protects farmland through its Agriculture-Open Space (AG-OS) zoning district, Land Development Code Chapter 3.30, which reserves land for Agricultural Research…

Benton County Code Chapter 30, the Farm Practice Ordinance, channels nuisance complaints against generally accepted farm practices through a Peer Review Board instead of straight to…

Corvallis requires a lighting plan for any proposed exterior lighting under Section 4.2.80 of the Land Development Code. Light fixtures must be full cut-off, shielded, or fitted with a…

Benton County's sign code, BCC § 91.820, bans any rotating beacon or flashing light designed to grab attention on a sign anywhere in unincorporated Benton County, and bars a sign from…

In the City of Corvallis, the Land Development Code treats every garage sale as a Home Business, capping each residence at six garage sales per calendar year with each sale running no…

In the City of Corvallis, the RS-6 single-family residential zone caps Lot Coverage, meaning building footprints, structures, parking areas, and paved vehicle circulation area, at 60…

In the City of Corvallis' RS-6 (Single Detached Residential) Zone, the Land Development Code sets a front-yard setback of 10 feet minimum, 25 feet maximum, a 15-foot minimum rear yard…

In the City of Corvallis' RS-6 Zone, the Land Development Code caps a residential structure's height at 30 feet, and further limits it to whatever solar envelope was approved under a…

Corvallis maintains its own Corvallis Register of Historic Landmarks and Districts, a Local Register separate from the National Register of Historic Places. Land Development Code §…

In the City of Corvallis, a data center falls under the Land Development Code's Technology and Support Services use type, and the Limited Industrial (LI) Zone treats it as permitted…

The City of Corvallis protects solar collectors, including rooftop solar panels, through a Solar Access Permit rather than a standard building permit. A Type 1 Permit restricts…

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…

Benton County's Planned Unit Development chapter lets a project cluster smaller parcels or lots than the base zone's minimum size as long as the PUD's overall density stays at or under…

If your subdivision has private covenants, conditions, and restrictions, Benton County Code § 51.015 says the county will not enforce or interpret them. The Development Code doesn't…

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…

Unincorporated Benton County zones commercial marijuana growing, processing and wholesaling into its Agricultural Industrial zone, but excludes marijuana retail from Village…

Filming on farmland in unincorporated Benton County splits on a 45-day line. On-site filming and its accessory activities that run 45 days or less in the Exclusive Farm Use Zone are a…

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…

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's Home Solicitation Sales Act (ORS 83.710-83.750) gives consumers a statewide three-day right to cancel door-to-door purchases over $25 and requires written cancellation notice…

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…