Oregon Lease Agreement: What to Include

A Oregon residential lease needs to reflect this state's actual rules on security deposits, entry notice, late fees, and required disclosures — not a generic template written for a different state. The figures below come from Oregon's residential landlord-tenant statute; where the state sets no fixed number, that's stated plainly rather than glossed over, since "the state doesn't specify" is itself something you need to know.

Security deposit

Security deposit limit: No statewide statutory limit. Oregon does not require interest on held deposits. Return deadline after move-out: 31 Days.

Entry notice, late fees, and rent increases

Entry notice: 24 Hours. Late fees: Late fees allowed only by written agreement; daily/flat/periodic formulas regulated, with a grace period of 4/5 depending notice mechanics. Rent increase notice for month-to-month tenancies: 90 for most rent increases; statewide cap applies to many units days. (Entry notice citation: Or. Rev. Stat. § 90.322 (24 hours).)

Required disclosures

A Oregon lease should include or accompany:

• • Federal lead-based paint
• • recycling
• • carbon monoxide
• • flood/plain and rent-increase cap/exemption notices where applicable

Eviction notice for nonpayment

For nonpayment of rent, Oregon: 72 or 144 hours depending rent due date/notice timing This is the minimum notice before you can move to the next step in the eviction process — actual court timelines run longer once a case is filed. (Eviction notice citation: Or. Rev. Stat. § 90.394 (10 days standard tenancies / 72 hours week-to-week, per HB 2001).)

What actually distinguishes Oregon

Oregon sets no statewide statutory cap on the security deposit amount — the lease itself is what controls how much you can charge, so put the amount and any pet/move-in fees in writing.

Oregon requires 24 hours notice before a landlord enters an occupied unit for routine, non-emergency purposes.

Oregon requires a comparatively long 72 or 144 hours depending rent due date/notice timing notice period for nonpayment before you can file — plan for that lead time when a tenant falls behind.

Rent increase notice for month-to-month tenancies in Oregon is 90 for most rent increases; statewide cap applies to many units days — different from the 30-day default most other states use, so don't assume the general rule applies here.

Sources and the bottom line

The figures above reflect Oregon's residential landlord-tenant statute as summarized on LeasePilot HQ's Oregon landlord-tenant law page, which lists the specific sources behind each number. Security deposit rules specifically are codified at Or. Rev. Stat. § 90.300 (no statutory cap), with the return deadline set by Or. Rev. Stat. § 90.300 (31 days). Primary and cross-reference sources used in compiling this page:

• • https://ipropertymanagement.com/laws/security-deposits
• • https://www.justia.com/real-estate/landlord-tenant/information-for-landlords/right-of-entry/
• • https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-landlord-tenant-laws

State landlord-tenant law changes through legislative sessions and court decisions — treat the numbers above as a starting point, verify against Oregon's current statute (linked above) before relying on them for an actual lease, and see LeasePilot HQ's full Oregon landlord-tenant law summary for the complete breakdown, or generate a lease with Oregon-specific clauses built in automatically.