Public Conduct in Oregon (2026)

In the City of Corvallis, aggressive panhandling in any public place is a crime under Corvallis Municipal Code §…

Medford makes "abusive solicitation" a misdemeanor under City Code 5.258, covering continuing a request after refusal…

BC 5.35.015 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate anywhere open to the public or in public view in Bend, except in a…

Gresham makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate anywhere in view of a public place, including in view of a residential…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, urinating or defecating in public view or in a public place is a code violation…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 9.04.055 bars any person from depositing or discharging human…

Beaverton Code bars defecating or urinating outside a restroom on City Park, library, and Round plaza grounds: one of…

Clackamas County bans urinating or defecating in public anywhere in a county park area that has restroom facilities…

The City of Corvallis makes it a Class A Infraction to deposit or discharge human waste on any property open to or…

Eugene makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in, or within view of, a public place except in a lavatory, under EC…

Medford bans urinating or defecating in public view or in any public place other than a restroom. The offense is…

Portland bans urinating or defecating anywhere in a city park except inside a public restroom fixture or a facility…

Salem makes it unlawful to intentionally or recklessly urinate or defecate anywhere in public except a restroom or…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, urinating or defecating in a public place, or in a place visible from a public place…

Beaverton bans rollerskates and skateboards on business-district sidewalks and on any street, except at authorized…

In the City of Bend, roller-skates, skateboards, scooters and similar wheeled devices cannot be used on sidewalks…

Corvallis bans skates, including skateboards, from a defined downtown boundary bordered by NW Jackson, Sixth, Monroe…

Portland bans skateboards, in-line skates, and scooters on sidewalks within the downtown core bounded by SW Jefferson…

Salem bans skateboarding outright in a defined downtown zone bounded by Union, Trade, Cottage, and Front streets, plus…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, no person on roller skates or riding a coaster, skateboard, toy vehicle or similar…

Eugene bans skateboarding on sidewalks in the core downtown blocks, inside multi-level parking garages, within ten feet…

Hillsboro allows skateboards on most sidewalks, but the Municipal Code bans them on sidewalks inside the downtown core…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 5.132 bans riding a skateboard, skates, or in-line skates…

Medford bans riding a skateboard, scooter or bicycle on sidewalks within a defined downtown zone bounded by Bear Creek…

Eugene's EC 4.672 makes it unlawful to organize or host an 'unruly gathering,' a party with alcohol where two or more…

Lane County holds hosts liable when a gathering they run lets an underage person drink or use drugs. A first offense in…

Washington County doesn't have a stand-alone 'loud party' ordinance, but its Chronic Nuisance Property law, WCC §…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, gathering people on public or private premises and making noise from their collective…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 7.68.010 bars obstructing pedestrian or vehicular traffic on any…

Lane County bans loitering or wandering without a lawful purpose in or upon any County-owned building or premises under…

Portland bans intentionally blocking sidewalk passage or property entrances anywhere in the city, and layers on…

The City of Springfield, Oregon, does not have a stand alone loitering statute; Municipal Code section 5.054 instead…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, the code has no stand-alone loitering offense. The rules that do the work sit in the…

Salem does not have a general adult loitering ban; its loitering rule is narrow, barring anyone under 18 from going…

Bend Code 5.35.025 prohibits smoking and tobacco use, a term the code defines to include cannabis, throughout all…

Corvallis bans smoking, including vaping with an electronic smoking device, in all public places within the city or on…

Gresham bans smoking or using tobacco in any form in city parks, trails, and open spaces, covering cigarettes…

Smoking, vaping and tobacco use are banned on all Hillsboro public lands and facilities, at City-sponsored events, and…

Lane County bans smoking and tobacco use at any time on all outdoor property it owns or occupies, including parks…

Medford designates every Parks and Recreation Department property, including surrounding pedestrian rights-of-way, as…

Portland City Code bans lighting, smoking, or vaping in any city park, with limited exceptions for designated employee…

Salem prohibits smoking on all city-owned designated park property, including Geer Park, under Salem Revised Code…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, no person can smoke or carry any lighted smoking instrument on any city owned or…

Benton County bars smoking within 10 feet of the doors, windows, vents, service lines and accessibility ramps of any…

Clackamas County Code 6.04.030 bans smoking, vaping and other tobacco use inside every county-owned or leased facility…

Eugene bans smoking within 10 feet of any entrance to a smoke-free building, on the exterior of city-owned youth…

Multnomah County requires hospitals to ban smoking within 20 feet of building entrances, exits, air intake vents and…

In Beaverton, Oregon, a pedestrian who crosses a roadway outside a marked crosswalk when a marked crosswalk sits within…

Portland bars crossing a street outside a marked crosswalk whenever one sits within 150 feet, and requires pedestrians…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, no pedestrian can cross a street outside a crosswalk when within 100 feet of one, and a…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, a pedestrian in a block with marked crosswalks must cross within a crosswalk, and…

Eugene requires a pedestrian crossing a street outside a crosswalk to cross at a right angle, straight across rather…

In the City of Corvallis, using marijuana items, including smoking or vaping cannabis, in any public place is unlawful…

Eugene makes it unlawful to use marijuana items in any public place under EC 4.241, adopted the same week Oregon's…

Medford makes it unlawful to use marijuana items, including flower, edibles, and extracts, in any public place such as…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, smoking is prohibited in all parks and on any city owned or operated property, and the…

In the City of Corvallis, drinking or carrying an open container of alcoholic liquor on any street, alley, public…

Gresham prohibits drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol in any public place unless the location is licensed…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, AMC § 7.08.040 makes it unlawful to drink any alcoholic beverage on a street, alley…

Beaverton bans drinking alcohol or holding an open container in any public place unless authorized by council…

In the City of Bend, drinking or holding an open container of alcohol in any public place, or any premises open to the…

Clackamas County bans possessing alcoholic beverages in the general day-use areas of its parks unless you hold a permit…

Drinking, selling or carrying an opened alcohol container on any Hillsboro public land or public facility is banned…

Medford makes it a violation to drink alcohol on any street, sidewalk, park, or other publicly owned facility…

Portland bans consuming alcoholic liquor or possessing an open container on any public property, street, sidewalk, or…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Springfield Municipal Code § 5.256(2) bans consuming alcoholic liquor on public…

Eugene bans drinking alcohol or carrying an open container in any public place or on private property open to the…

In unincorporated Josephine County, it's unlawful to consume or possess an open container of alcohol or any other…

Salem makes it unlawful to drink alcoholic liquor on any public street, alley, or public way unless the premises hold a…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, § 7.32.180 bars consuming any alcoholic beverage in a public place or premises open to…