Salem, OR

Salem restricts where bulk liquefied petroleum gas can be stored above ground, tying the limits in SRC 58.200 to the same geographic boundaries set for flammable and combustible liquid…

Salem requires smoke alarms in every bedroom, sleeping area, story and shared laundry room of a residential dwelling under SRC 59.215. Hard-wired alarms must stay hard-wired…

Salem's Fire Code Official can impose a limited or total ban on recreational fires, including fire pits, whenever weather turns dry, hot or windy for an extended stretch, under SRC…

Salem outlaws open burning of garbage or yard-cleanup debris anywhere inside city limits under SRC 58.334, with no residential burn permit offered. The Fire Code Official can also…

Salem adopts Oregon's fireworks statutes (ORS 480.111-480.165) into its Fire Prevention Code under SRC 58.305, substituting the Fire Code Official for the State Fire Marshal, and…

Oregon SB 762 (2021) directs the State Forestry Department to create a statewide wildfire hazard map classifying property risk and triggers defensible space and home hardening rules…

Salem taxes short-term rentals the same as hotels: SRC 37.020 defines 'transient lodging' to expressly include both 'short-term rental' and 'accessory short-term rental,' so every STR…

Salem requires every licensed short-term rental and accessory short-term rental operator to carry liability insurance covering the rental use for the entire time the license is valid…

Salem caps overnight guests in an accessory short-term rental at two per guest room. Hosted rentals, where the resident family stays on site, are capped at two guests per room with up…

Operating an accessory short-term rental in Salem requires a City license under SRC 30.1000 before any booking, on top of the special-use standards in SRC 700.006. The license is…

A Salem accessory short-term rental with no resident host on site cannot be booked more than 95 days in a calendar year. SRC 700.006(g)(2) also limits a non-hosted rental to one…

Salem's accessory short-term rental ordinance treats hosted and non-hosted stays differently rather than banning either. When the resident family stays on site as host, up to three…

Salem only allows an accessory short-term rental where the resident family, whether owner or tenant, actually lives in the home at least 270 days each calendar year. A property used…

Salem charges system development charges (SDCs), its impact fees for water, wastewater, stormwater, transportation, and parks capacity, on nearly every new development citywide, but…

In Salem's RS single-family zone, accessory structures such as sheds are capped at 15 feet in height and a combined 600 to 1,000 square feet depending on the main house's size, and…

Salem bars accessory dwelling units from operating as short-term rentals or accessory short-term rentals. The rule sits in the special-use standards at SRC 700.007(a)(6), and applies…

Salem caps an accessory dwelling unit at 900 square feet or 75 percent of the main house's gross floor area, whichever is smaller, and limits detached ADUs to 25 feet in height. Only…

In Marion County, an attached garage converted to living space is treated as part of the dwelling and must meet the same zoning and building-code standards. A detached garage turned…

Marion County has no tiny-home-specific ordinance. A permanent tiny house on a foundation is regulated as a dwelling or accessory dwelling unit under state law and county zoning; a…

Salem caps weeds and grass at ten inches: SRC 50.025 defines 'noxious vegetation' as weeds or grass over ten inches, rank or dead growth, poison oak, hemlock, or ivy, or hazardous…

SRC 808.030 requires a City tree and vegetation removal permit before cutting a significant tree, a riparian-corridor tree, or a tree on a lot of 20,000 square feet or more, processed…

Salem bars knowingly or negligently wasting public system water and lets the Director curtail water use citywide during a shortage or emergency, with a second citation during…

Property owners in Salem must maintain and prune trees, shrubs, or other plants on their land that project into City property, including over streets and sidewalks, under SRC…

Marion County does not require any particular plants and does not ban native or xeric landscaping. Ornamental landscape grasses that are not a fire or traffic hazard are expressly…

Oregon law lets you collect rain and snowmelt from a rooftop or other artificial impervious surface without a water right. Marion County has no ordinance banning rain barrels; large…

Salem bars amplified sound, including music from radios, stereos, and loudspeakers, that is plainly audible inside another dwelling, church, school, or business, or that carries 150…

Salem caps how much sound a business or industrial operation may send onto someone else's property under Table 51-1 of SRC 51.015: no more than 55 dBA by day and 50 dBA at night on a…

Salem's noise code bars car stereos and amplifiers that are plainly audible inside a home or 150 feet onto public property, bans engine (Jake) brakes citywide except in emergencies…

Salem prohibits running leaf blowers and other domestic power equipment between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under Salem Revised Code 93.020(c). The rule covers power blowers, lawn mowers…

Salem bars construction, demolition, alteration, excavation, or repair of a building, street, sidewalk, driveway, sewer, or utility line between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under SRC…

Salem makes it unlawful to keep a dog that barks, cries, or makes other sound on a frequent, repetitive, or continuous basis for ten minutes or longer, under SRC 93.020(b). The rule…

Beyond its construction-hours rule, Salem bars a set of everyday noise sources between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under SRC 93.020: domestic power equipment such as lawn mowers and power…

Marion County's noise ordinance does not regulate aircraft. MCC 8.45.080(K) exempts sounds regulated by federal and state law, including railroads and aircraft, so complaints go to the…

Salem bars keeping a wrecked, neglected, or derelict vehicle outdoors on any premises or in the right-of-way unless it falls under a licensed wrecking, dealer-display, or…

Salem designates carpool permit parking zones under Salem Revised Code section 102.080, reserved for vehicles displaying a valid carpool permit. Two vehicles cannot use the same permit…

Salem bars any vehicle or trailer combination over 23 feet long or 8 feet wide from parking on a street in a residential zone, except while actively loading, unloading, or providing…

Salem only allows front-yard parking within a garage, carport, or a driveway leading to one, and every driveway or parking area must be paved with a hard surface material. SRC 806.025…

Salem prohibits parking a motorized recreational vehicle over 20 feet long or 8 feet wide on a residential street between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., under Salem Revised Code section…

A Salem loading zone is reserved curb space for loading or unloading passengers or cargo, and Salem Revised Code section 102.005 caps its use at 30 minutes. Parking longer draws a…

New Salem buildings with five or more dwelling units must wire at least 40 percent of their off-street parking spaces for electric vehicle charging. SRC 806.035(d) requires that share…

Salem requires a legally parked vehicle to be set with its brakes on, engine off, and wheels turned toward the curb on a grade, and to sit parallel within 12 inches of the curb facing…

Salem bars using a recreational vehicle as temporary or permanent housing outside a licensed tourist park unless the stay is capped at 72 hours in any 30-day period, the RV isn't on…

Only the City of Salem may paint curbs to control parking; residents cannot paint or mark curbs themselves. Parking against a City-painted red or yellow curb is unlawful. Report needed…

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…

Salem caps residential beekeeping at five hives per property, temporarily seven from April through August for splits and swarms, under SRC 50.720, requires hives to meet zone setbacks…

Salem makes it unlawful to disturb, injure, damage or kill any bird, bird nest or egg inside a city park under SRC 94.120, a misdemeanor-level offense. A companion section, SRC 95.235…

Salem's Unified Development Code treats pet grooming as an 'animal services' use, and in the General Commercial (CG) zone, Table 523-1 under UDC Sec. 523.005 allows grooming of…

Salem's UDC treats a wildlife rehabilitation facility as an 'animal services' land use rather than issuing a city wildlife-rescue permit. State-licensed facilities operating since…

Salem requires small animal veterinary services to keep operations inside soundproof buildings and, if outdoor dog runs are used, to limit their hours to 7 a.m.-6 p.m., set them back…

Salem allows up to twelve poultry per residence, community garden, or school and religious-organization lot under SRC 50.710, but bans roosters outright and requires birds be confined…

Salem has no general spay/neuter mandate for dogs or cats, but SRC 50.715 requires any miniature swine kept as a residential pet to be spayed or neutered, caps ownership at one animal…

Salem does not have a citywide dog-at-large ordinance in its municipal code; animal control in Salem is handled by Marion County. Within city parks specifically, SRC 94.020(b) requires…

Salem does not impose breed-specific legislation. Oregon's potentially dangerous dog statutes (ORS 609) address dogs based on behavior, not breed.

Oregon regulates exotic pet ownership through ORS 609.305-609.355 and ODFW rules. Exotic animals including primates, large cats, bears, and venomous reptiles are prohibited without…

Marion County does not license cats or set an at-large rule for them the way it does for dogs. Cats fall under the zoning 'pet' definition, but keeping four or more cats over four…

In Marion County's Rural Zone Code, a conditional use permit is required in the RS and AR zones if there are more than 10 mammals over four months old. Keeping four or more dogs, cats…

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…

Salem caps retaining walls at four feet when they sit at the property line abutting a street, but allows greater height once the wall is set back from that street-facing line. The rule…

Salem does not require a site plan review permit to build a fence, wall, or retaining wall. City code lists "construction of a fence or retaining wall" among the specific project types…

Salem's SRC 800.050(c)-(d) bans junk fencing materials citywide and forbids barbed wire and electric fencing on residential property, allowing them only to enclose livestock or in…

Salem caps residential fences and walls at 8 feet generally, but drops that to 4 feet within 20 feet of a front street property line and 6 feet in a side or rear yard within 10 feet of…

Marion County sets no boundary-fence cost-sharing rule. Oregon's statewide partition-fence law (ORS 96.010) governs: a neighbor who encloses their land against your line fence must pay…

A state-registered child day care home caring for up to 16 children, or an adult day care home for five or fewer adults, is a permitted use in Salem's residential zones under SRC…

Salem allows home occupations as a special use in residential zones under SRC 700.020, but confines the business to the operator's own residence, bars outward business appearance…

Salem's home occupation standard, SRC 700.020(f), requires that customer and client parking not create a hazard or excessive congestion, and restricts delivery and pick-up vehicles for…

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…

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…

Salem makes it unlawful to intentionally or recklessly urinate or defecate anywhere in public except a restroom or toilet facility built for that purpose. The rule sits in the city's…

Salem makes it unlawful to drink alcoholic liquor on any public street, alley, or public way unless the premises hold a City-issued permit for it. A related rule bars standing or…

Salem bans skateboarding outright in a defined downtown zone bounded by Union, Trade, Cottage, and Front streets, plus the Civic Center, the Liberty, Chemeketa, and Pringle parking…

Salem does not have a general adult loitering ban; its loitering rule is narrow, barring anyone under 18 from going into, visiting, or loitering in or about a gambling house. It sits…

Salem prohibits smoking on all city-owned designated park property, including Geer Park, under Salem Revised Code 45.025. The Director also may designate smoke-free sidewalks and…

Salem's Housing Code caps residential door lock placement at 48 inches above the floor and bans double-cylinder deadbolts on exit doors under SRC 59.155(c). Every exterior door must…

Salem's Fire Prevention Code requires two separate fire apparatus access roads for any building holding a Group E occupancy with more than 100 occupants, a category that includes day…

Salem requires an audible carbon monoxide alarm in every residential structure that contains a CO source under SRC 59.220. Alarms must sit in or within 15 feet of each bedroom and in…

Salem doesn't mandate sprinklers in every dwelling; instead SRC 59.230 requires a one-hour fire-resistive separation between different dwelling classifications sharing a residential…

Salem requires a building permit before any work covered by the State Building Code begins, under Salem Revised Code 56.007. The Building Official reviews the application and plans…

Under Salem Revised Code 56.009, the Building Official may enter a building or premises at reasonable times to inspect for Building Code compliance whenever an inspection is needed to…

Salem enforces electrical work through the Oregon Electrical Specialty Code as part of the State Building Code administered locally under SRC 56.001, and SRC 56.007 requires anyone…

Salem bans visible, measurable erosion or sediment reaching its storm system and requires an erosion control permit for ground disturbance of 1,000 square feet or more, with civil…

Any construction or development within Salem's Special Flood Hazard Area or an interim flood hazard area requires a floodplain development permit before work begins. The Public Works…

Salem requires new and substantially improved residential structures in mapped flood zones to elevate the lowest floor, including the basement, at least one foot above the base flood…

Salem bans discharging any pollutant into the public or private stormwater system or a receiving water within city limits. The rule covers every property and activity, whether or not a…

Salem bans idling a motor vehicle engine for more than ten consecutive minutes when the noise is plainly audible inside a dwelling between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. SRC 93.020(f) treats…

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…

Salem lets the Director issue a revocable permit to encroach into the public right-of-way at the owner's risk, subject to structural, traffic, and adjoining-property review, a…

Salem generally makes the abutting property owner responsible for keeping sidewalks in good repair, but the City covers sidewalks built before September 1, 1992 until the Director…

Salem bars placing structures, barricades, building material, or merchandise on arterial and collector streets, travel lanes, or sidewalks without first notifying the Director and…

Salem's franchised haulers must offer solid-waste pickup at least once every seven days to every residence, business, motel, and hotel. SRC 47.120(b) sets standard collection hours…

Salem residents may only put collection carts at the curb, not permanently on the street. SRC 47.165 caps how far a receptacle can sit from the curb, limits curbside placement to a…

Before Salem's franchised hauler will take it, solid waste has to be drained, sealed, and bagged the right way. SRC 47.145 requires sharp or hazardous items to be securely wrapped…

Commercial dumpsters, roll-off boxes, and recycling receptacles of one cubic yard or larger in Salem must sit on a code-compliant concrete or asphalt pad, stay screened behind a…

Dumping solid waste anywhere in Salem outside an approved receptacle is illegal, whether it lands in a creek, on public property, or on someone else's land without permission. SRC…

Salem's solid waste code requires generators to keep recyclable material properly separated for collection. SRC 47.020's total source separation standard means newspaper, cardboard…

Marion County residents can self-haul bulky waste to the Salem-Keizer Recycling & Transfer Station, 3250 Deer Park Dr. SE, Salem, open 7 days a week. General garbage is $130.00 per ton…

Oregon's Recycling Modernization Act (SB 582, 2021) establishes a uniform statewide collection list and shifts recycling costs to producers through extended producer responsibility…

Salem requires owners, lessees, and occupants of property abutting a sidewalk to keep it clean and clear of ice, snow, dirt, vegetation, debris, or obstructions at all times, and makes…

Salem Revised Code 56.215 declares any dangerous building a public nuisance that must be abated by repair, demolition, or securing and vacating the property. A structure counts as…

Marion County has no separate vacant-lot registry, but owners of vacant land within the unincorporated Salem-Keizer urban growth boundary must keep it free of nuisance vegetation…

Salem's Housing Code, SRC chapter 59, sets minimum habitability standards for every residential structure in the city. Landlords must provide 68-degree heating capacity, 120-degree hot…

Salem requires an annual license before anyone can operate a multifamily dwelling under SRC 59.400. The license runs through December 31, exempts uses like hospitals and short-term…

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…

Operating a food truck in Salem requires a mobile food unit license issued under SRC chapter 30, valid one year and renewable, with a separate license and fee for each truck the vendor…

Salem street vendors selling from pushcarts must keep carts no larger than three feet six inches by six feet, maintain five feet of sidewalk clearance, and stay clear of crosswalks…

Salem confines mobile food units to zones where they're a permitted use and bars them from operating in the public right-of-way, limiting them to approved parking lots, other hard…

Salem requires every pawnbroker to hold a City license as a "dealer in used merchandise" under SRC chapter 30, keep detailed transaction records reported to the Police Chief, and hold…

Salem requires secondhand dealers who buy or sell used goods such as jewelry, precious metals, electronics, and collectibles to hold a "dealer in used merchandise" license, log every…

Salem's UDC excludes automotive repair from home occupations entirely: Sec. 400.125(b)(3)(A) reclassifies 'automotive repair, body work, painting, and other motor vehicle services' as…

A Salem police officer may order your car towed from private property without your consent if you're arrested there or the officer reasonably believes you lack permission to park…

Oregon licenses tobacco and inhalant delivery system retailers and bans online or mail-order sales of vapor products to consumers.

Salem imposes a nine percent transient occupancy tax on every hotel, motel, and other transient lodging stay of 30 days or less, charged to the guest and collected by the operator at…

Salem licenses and inspects every multifamily dwelling under SRC chapter 59, with homeless shelters, hotels, motels, and room-and-board facilities inspected at least once a year…

Salem's development code caps exterior lighting citywide: fixtures cannot shine or reflect onto neighboring properties or cast glare onto the public right-of-way, and light sources…

Salem bans exterior lighting that shines or reflects onto a neighbor's property or casts glare into the public right-of-way. SRC 800.060 requires every exterior light fixture to be…

Restaurants and bars that seat patrons on the sidewalk in front of a Salem eating or drinking establishment must keep a five-foot pedestrian pathway and a three-foot vehicle buffer…

Reserving a Salem city park, or part of one, for an organized or group activity requires an application through the Parks Director under SRC 94.200(c). The Director must find the…

Anyone vending food or merchandise curb-to-curb along a permitted Salem street fair or festival route needs the written permission of the event's community event permit holder, plus…

Any parade, procession, march, or assembly expected to block Salem's public right-of-way, or any gathering of 200 or more people on public property, needs a community event permit from…

In Salem's RS Single Family Residential zone, buildings must sit back at least 12 feet from a street (20 feet along a collector or arterial), 5 feet on the interior side, and 14 to 20…

Salem caps new single-family, two-family, three-family, and four-family buildings in the RS zone at 35 feet, with existing buildings allowed up to 28 feet or their existing height…

Salem's Single Family Residential (RS) zone caps lot coverage by buildings and accessory structures at 60 percent for single-, two-, three-, and four-family homes, 35 percent for most…

Salem designates individual buildings, structures, sites, and objects as local historic resources through a Type IV quasi-judicial procedure under Salem Revised Code 230.010. The…

Adding solar panels to a historic-contributing building or individually listed resource in one of Salem's public historic districts triggers mandatory historic design review under SRC…

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…

Salem's Exclusive Farm Use (EFU) zone reserves land for agriculture and forestry, requiring a minimum 75-acre lot and imposing no maximum height or lot coverage on farm buildings…

Salem requires every shopping cart owner to run a toll-free phone line so shoppers and neighbors can report carts left on sidewalks or in yards. Under Salem Revised Code section…

Salem Revised Code Chapter 808 bars removal of any rare, threatened, or endangered tree species regardless of trunk size, along with large Oregon white oaks and other big trees, unless…

The Salem City Council designates heritage trees by resolution on the property owner's own nomination, based on the tree's location, size, age, or historic significance, and once…

Every property owner developing along a Salem street must plant City-approved street trees as a condition of final building occupancy under SRC 86.065(c), with the application filed…

Salem's tree code names Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) as one of four species specifically excluded from "significant tree" status no matter how large it grows, and the…

SRC 900.070 bans electronic display signs in historic districts, caps message changes at once every eight seconds in commercial and industrial zones (once an hour in residential and…

SRC 900.135(g)(3) limits any outdoor advertising sign primarily viewed from Interstate 5 to 40 feet in height, tighter than the general 35-foot cap that applies elsewhere, on top of a…

Salem's sign code is content-neutral, so political yard signs follow the same rules as other lawn signs: up to six square feet and 30 inches tall, displayed in two 60-day periods per…

In Salem, garage-sale signs are temporary lawn signs: up to six square feet and 30 inches tall on private property. They cannot be attached to utility poles, trees, or fences, or…

Salem's Unified Development Code classifies data centers as a distinct 'data center facilities' use under UDC Sec. 400.110(e) and zones them by right in the Industrial Commercial (IC)…

Salem's Unified Development Code applies to every property regardless of private HOA covenants, conditions, or restrictions, and the City will not step in to enforce a CC&R violation…

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…

Salem requires every marijuana business to register with the Police Chief and certify its location complies with the applicable zoning district before it can open. The city has not…

Salem requires bicyclists to ride as near the right-hand side of a two-way street as practicable, or in the curb lane's direction of travel on a one-way street, under Salem Revised…

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…

Salem limits any address to three garage sales per calendar year, with each sale running no longer than three days. The cap covers sales of new or used goods from garages, porches…

Salem bars minors under 16 from public places between 10:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m., and minors 16 or older between midnight and 4:00 a.m., unless accompanied by an adult guardian or…

Salem parks operate under hours the Parks Director sets and posts for each individual park under SRC 94.200(a), rather than one fixed citywide closing time. Separately, SRC 94.190(a)…

Salem bans camping on posted public property, in vehicle and bicycle right-of-way, within ten feet of driveways or building entries, in designated parks, inside public buildings, on…

Salem bars anyone from blocking or interfering with pedestrians on a public sidewalk, whether by standing on the travel path or placing an object there, if done with intent to…

Salem water customers must keep their piping and fixtures in good repair to prevent water waste, and the City will not cover damage that results from defective plumbing on the…

Salem requires every premises in the city to stay free of pest infestation under SRC 50.700, part of the Property Maintenance chapter enforced by the Health Officer. Infestations must…

Salem's noise code has no section naming generators specifically; instead SRC 93.020(k) sweeps any sound source "not otherwise enumerated" in the chapter, which includes portable and…

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…