Oregon law overrides HOA restrictions on several owner uses: declaration provisions banning solar panels are void (ORS 94.778; ORS 105.880 voids solar bans in conveyances), EV charging stations are protected (ORS 94.762), and political signs are protected during elections (ORS 94.757). Associations may keep only reasonable size/placement rules.
ORS 94.778 makes any declaration or bylaw "that prohibits an owner...from installing or using solar panels...void and unenforceable," though an HOA "may adopt and enforce a provision that imposes reasonable size, placement or aesthetic requirements." ORS 105.880 separately voids any property-conveyance provision prohibiting solar energy systems. ORS 94.762 protects EV charging stations "notwithstanding contrary provisions of a declaration or bylaws." ORS 94.757 protects political-sign display during election periods, subject to reasonable size/placement rules. Note: the prompt's cite of ORS 94.762 for solar/flag/signs is incorrect — 94.762 is EV charging. For the U.S. flag, Oregon has no Chapter 94 statute; the federal Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 applies.
An HOA cannot enforce a flat ban on solar panels, EV charging, or election-period political signs; only reasonable size, placement, and aesthetic conditions survive. Blanket prohibitions are void and unenforceable.
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