Oregon landlord rules: deposits, late fees and notices

Security deposit

Maximum deposit

No statewide cap

Return deadline

31 days after the tenancy ends

Penalty for late return

2x wrongfully withheld amount

Interest owed

No

Work out the return date for a move-out

Source: ORS 90.300

Late fees

Rule

allowed only after a 4-day grace period, with statutory limits

Grace period

4 days

Source: ORS 90.260

Notice periods

Notice to pay or quit

10 days

Ending a month-to-month tenancy

just cause required after 12 months (SB 608)

Notice before entering a unit

24 hours

Note

10-day nonpay notice per 2023 change - verify

Work out the last day of a notice

No statute cited in our data

Verify this with the statute or a local attorney before you act on it. The rule changed recently or has known ambiguity.

Screening

Source-of-income protection

Yes, statewide. Refusing a housing voucher is illegal.

No statute cited in our data

Licensing

To manage for others

A dedicated property-management license.

No statute cited in our data

How long an eviction takes

Slow: about 2 to 4 months. This is a rough tier from our data, not a court timeline.

Also worth knowing

• Statewide rent cap (7% + CPI, buildings 15+ years old)
• Dedicated property-management license state

Statewide rent cap

Formula

lesser of 10% or 7% + CPI

This year's figure

This year's figure is not loaded in our data. Use the formula and check the publisher.

Published by

OR DAS, annually (~Sept for the following year)

Applies to

state (covered buildings 15+ years old)

Source: ORS 90.324

A federal rule that can override this

Notice for nonpayment on covered properties

30 days

Note

Applies to 'covered properties' (federally backed mortgage or federal housing program). The 30-day notice requirement has no statutory sunset and courts are split - safest practice is a 30-day nonpayment notice on any covered property, regardless of shorter state timelines.

Source: CARES Act §4024