Business Licensing & Operations in Oregon (2026)

Medford bars performers in nude shows from touching patrons or accepting tips placed on their body, and requires a…

Unincorporated Multnomah County requires an annual Sheriff-issued license to run an adult bookstore or adult theater…

Gresham requires every massage business to hold a City business license under GRC Article 9.11, on top of the state…

Medford classifies masseuses working as independent contractors or sublicensees out of a commercial location as…

Unincorporated Multnomah County requires a massage treatment business to hold a state massage business license under…

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

Retailers anywhere in Washington County, inside or outside the cities, since this runs through the county's countywide…

Every retailer selling tobacco or vape products in unincorporated Benton County must hold a county license for each…

Eugene requires every retailer selling tobacco products, including vape and e-cigarette products, within city limits to…

A tobacco or vape retailer in unincorporated Lane County needs a state-authorized license and cannot operate within…

Multnomah County requires every retailer that sells vape products, e-cigarettes, or nicotine e-liquid to hold an annual…

Secondhand businesses in Beaverton need a police-issued permit at each location before buying, trading, or reselling…

Anyone buying and reselling used goods in unincorporated Clackamas County, from resale shops to used electronics…

Eugene requires used merchandise dealers, buyers of secondhand jewelry, electronics, tools and similar goods, to log…

Gresham requires secondhand and precious-metal dealers to hold a police-issued permit under GRC Article 9.15, with…

Anyone buying, acquiring or reselling used regulated property in Hillsboro needs a City secondhand dealer or occasional…

Multnomah County requires anyone buying or reselling used precious metals, electronics, tools or other regulated…

Portland requires a Revenue Division permit to buy or resell secondhand goods, with police vetting, ID checks on…

Washington County requires a Sheriff's Office permit before anyone buys or resells used precious metals, jewelry…

In the City of Bend, anyone buying, selling, or trading secondhand goods must hold a City secondhand goods dealer…

Any unincorporated Lane County business that buys used goods for resale, from pawnshops to consignment stores, is a…

Medford secondhand dealers need a City regulatory license, must report every purchase electronically within 24 hours…

Salem requires secondhand dealers who buy or sell used goods such as jewelry, precious metals, electronics, and…

Beaverton pawnbrokers, defined by the state license under ORS 726.040, hold a secondhand dealer permit but need only…

Pawnbrokers in unincorporated Clackamas County operate under state law first: Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 726 sets…

In the City of Bend, pawn brokers are licensed 'dealers' under Bend Code Chapter 7.25, subject to standing police…

Pawnbrokers in Hillsboro are licensed by the State of Oregon under ORS 726, and their loan, buy and consignment…

Lane County pawnbrokers are licensed by the state under ORS Chapter 726, but the county's used-merchandise-dealer…

Medford pawnbrokers must hold a City regulatory license, log every transaction in the electronic pawn system, and hold…

Portland treats pawnbrokers as secondhand dealers under Chapter 14B.90, requiring a City permit from the Revenue…

Salem requires every pawnbroker to hold a City license as a "dealer in used merchandise" under SRC chapter 30, keep…

Beaverton's Development Code flatly excludes major and minor automotive service businesses from the Home Occupation…

Eugene's home occupation standards flatly bar motor vehicle or motorcycle repair as a home business except on vehicles…

Gresham outright bans vehicle repair, maintenance, or dismantling, along with vehicle sales and industrial activity, as…

Unincorporated Multnomah County bars any repair or assembly of motor vehicles as a home occupation, no matter which…

Portland's home occupation code prohibits running a vehicle repair or assembly business from a residential dwelling…

Salem's UDC excludes automotive repair from home occupations entirely: Sec. 400.125(b)(3)(A) reclassifies 'automotive…

Hillsboro's nuisance code bars vehicle repair work at a private residence or on a public street unless the vehicle…

Benton County has no separate permit track for a residential auto repair business; it runs as a home occupation under…

Rural Lane County home occupations can repair, service, modify or assemble no more than two vehicles or trailers on…

Clackamas County Sheriff's deputies can tow a vehicle off county roads or county property without any advance warning…

Eugene regulates non-consent tows from private parking facilities under EC 4.980 to 4.988: no kickbacks between lot…

A Gresham lot owner may only have a vehicle towed by a company holding a city-issued PPI Tower's License, and every…

Multnomah County licenses every tow truck operator through the Sheriff's Office, and Multnomah County Code § 15.118…

Portland requires tow companies to register as PPI (Private Property Impound) towers with the Bureau of Transportation…

A Salem police officer may order your car towed from private property without your consent if you're arrested there or…

A Hillsboro tow operator holds a lien on any vehicle towed for a parking violation and can keep it until towing…

Beaverton runs an on-call rotation of towing companies for city-requested nonconsensual tows, letting the mayor set…