Rental Property Rules in Oregon (2026)
31 rules on the books across Oregon, 12 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Rent Control
Local limits on how much landlords can raise rent each year, including which properties are covered and exemptions for newer buildings.
Oregon: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsOregon is unusual: it bans cities and counties from passing their own rent control, yet imposes a statewide annual…
Read full rule →Portland
Some RestrictionsOregon caps rent hikes statewide, but Portland adds its own trigger: a 10%+ increase in 12 months forces the landlord…
Read full rule →Just Cause Eviction
Protections requiring landlords to have a valid reason to evict tenants, such as nonpayment of rent, lease violations, or owner move-in.
Oregon: statewide
StatewideHeavy RestrictionsOregon law requires landlords to have a qualifying reason to terminate most month-to-month tenancies after the first…
Read full rule →Portland
Significant RestrictionsPortland landlords ending a tenancy without cause must give 90 days' written notice and pay relocation assistance of…
Read full rule →Bend
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bend, a landlord who wants to end a month-to-month tenancy without cause after the tenant has lived in…
Read full rule →Eugene
Some RestrictionsEugene requires landlords who end a tenancy without cause or for a state-law qualifying reason to give 90 days' written…
Read full rule →Rental Registration
Requirements for landlords to register rental properties with the city, including inspection programs, fees, and occupancy standards.
Eugene
Significant RestrictionsEvery rental unit in Eugene not exempt under EC 8.410(2) must be registered with the city under EC 8.440, using a form…
Read full rule →Gresham
Significant RestrictionsGresham requires owners of any residential rental property, including owner-occupied homes renting a single room, to…
Read full rule →Salem
Significant RestrictionsSalem requires an annual license before anyone can operate a multifamily dwelling under SRC 59.400. The license runs…
Read full rule →Corvallis
Some RestrictionsThe City of Corvallis requires every residential rental property owner to register with the City before renting to a…
Read full rule →Portland
Some RestrictionsPortland requires every residential rental unit owner to register the unit and file an annual schedule listing all…
Read full rule →Springfield
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Springfield, Oregon, anyone operating a rental property, from a four-plex to an apartment building or…
Read full rule →Security Deposit Rules
Caps on how much landlords may collect as security deposits, return deadlines, itemized-deduction requirements, and tenant remedies for wrongfully withheld deposits.
Rent Increase Notice
How much advance written notice a landlord must give before raising the rent on a month-to-month or expiring lease, and how state notice rules differ from any local rent-control caps.
Oregon: statewide
StatewideHeavy RestrictionsUnder ORS 90.323 and 90.600, an Oregon landlord cannot raise rent during the first year of a tenancy, must give at…
Read full rule →Eugene
Some RestrictionsEugene landlords who raise rent by the state's maximum annual percentage under ORS 90.324 must deliver a written 90-day…
Read full rule →Portland
Some RestrictionsPortland landlords must give tenants at least 90 days' written notice before any rent increase of 5% or more within a…
Read full rule →Landlord Entry & Notice
How much advance notice a landlord must give before entering an occupied unit, the permitted reasons (repairs, showings, inspections), allowed hours, and the emergency exceptions under state law.
Repairs & Habitability
The implied warranty of habitability, how long a landlord has to fix essential services (heat, water, plumbing, mold), and tenant remedies such as repair-and-deduct, rent withholding, or breaking the lease.
Oregon: statewide
StatewideHeavy RestrictionsORS 90.320 requires Oregon landlords to maintain a habitable dwelling with weatherproofing, working plumbing, hot and…
Read full rule →Beaverton
Significant RestrictionsViolating Beaverton's habitability code carries civil infractions of up to $250 per day, and a unit posted with a…
Read full rule →Corvallis
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Corvallis, the Livability Code sets specific interior habitability standards for tenant-occupied rentals…
Read full rule →Eugene
Some RestrictionsEC 8.425 sets minimum habitability standards for Eugene rental housing: structural components rated to code, heat…
Read full rule →Gresham
Some RestrictionsGresham landlords must supply heat maintaining at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit in every habitable room of a rental…
Read full rule →Lane County
Some RestrictionsLandlords in unincorporated Lane County cannot legally rent out a dwelling that lacks working water heat to 120…
Read full rule →Medford
Some RestrictionsMedford's Property Maintenance Code requires every rental dwelling unit to have heating facilities that can hold at…
Read full rule →Multnomah County
Some RestrictionsRental homes in unincorporated Multnomah County must meet the 2006 International Property Maintenance Code, adopted by…
Read full rule →Portland
Some RestrictionsPortland's Housing Maintenance Code requires landlords to keep supplied facilities and equipment in working order, and…
Read full rule →Salem
Some RestrictionsSalem's Housing Code, SRC chapter 59, sets minimum habitability standards for every residential structure in the city…
Read full rule →Tigard
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Tigard, Oregon, Chapter 14.16 bars any owner from maintaining residential property that fails the city's…
Read full rule →Late Fees & Grace Periods
Whether late rent fees are capped, any required grace period before a fee can be charged, and limits on bounced-check (NSF) and other add-on charges under state law.
Eviction Notice & Process
The notice a landlord must give before filing to evict, pay-or-quit and cure-or-quit periods, no-cause termination notice, how long the court eviction process takes in this state, and the tenant's options to respond or cure.
Squatter's Rights & Adverse Possession
When an occupant without a lease gains legal protections, the line between a trespasser and a squatter, how many years of continuous possession adverse possession requires in this state, and how an owner lawfully removes a squatter.