Tigard, OR Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

Tigard Municipal Code § 7.32.110 is titled Public Indecency and has two degrees. The first degree covers sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, or exposing genitals with the intent of arousing sexual desire, while in or in view of a public place, and subsection (c) makes it a Class A misdemeanor. Urination and defecation sit in the second degree. Subsection (b) applies to a person who urinates or defecates in a public place or a place visible from a public place, with an exception for a public restroom.

The text of the second degree contains no sexual intent element, and its reach is not limited to public property because a place visible from a public place counts. Subsection (d) classifies the second degree as a violation, a lower tier than the Class A misdemeanor assigned to the first degree. The section prints no fine amount for it. A second rule covers city-owned land in the City of Tigard. Under § 7.58.080(E) it is a violation to engage in conduct that degrades the appearance of city property, including depositing trash, spitting, urinating, or defecating upon the property.

Section 7.58.020 defines city property as any property owned or managed by the city, including parks, greenways, buildings, parking lots or other land or physical structures. Under § 7.58.090 a police officer who finds a violation of the conduct rules can exclude the person from city property, but before an exclusion for anything other than criminal conduct the officer must give a warning and a reasonable opportunity to desist, and no exclusion issues if the person promptly complies. The written notice must state the date, length and place of the exclusion and a brief description of the offending conduct.