Oregon Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Landlords and property managers with rentals in Oregon, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case.

Not the right fit if

Your rental is outside Oregon: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Oregon data files, checked November 2026 against 9 official pages, among them Oregon Legislature: ORS chapter 90 (90.300); Oregon Legislative Policy and Research Office: Landlord-Tenant Rights and Responsibilities in Oregon (updated April 30, 2026); Oregon Judicial Department (Coos County): Residential Eviction; Oregon Judicial Department: FED Instructions for Tenants (Sep 2025); Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 46 (2025 edition); Oregon Judicial Department: Small Claims Plaintiff's Instructions (05-77, 01/26).
• 5 items the official pages didn't state are left out of the rules and put on a short look-up list with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out Oregon notice and deposit dates for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 18 confirmed Oregon rules at a glance and a short look-up list of 5 points to check: interest on the deposit, filing fee, hearing after filing, judgment to writ, diversion or mediation (statewide), each with the official page.
• Oregon landlord rules checklist. Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: deposit limit: No maximum in 90.300; it limits new or increased deposits during the first year (90.300(5)); return deadline: Not later than 31 days after the tenancy ends and the tenant delivers possession: a written accounting of any claim and the balance, by personal delivery, first-class mail or, where allowed, email (90.300(12)-(14)); itemized list of deductions: A written accounting that states specifically the basis of each claim, separate for the deposit and prepaid rent (90.300(12)); where the deposit is held: The landlord gives a receipt and holds the deposit for the tenant (90.300(2)(a)); no account type is named; penalty the law states: Twice the amount withheld without a written accounting or in bad faith (90.300(16)); ending month-to-month (landlord): First year of occupancy: at least 30 days' written notice without cause; ending month-to-month (tenant): At least 30 days' written notice; rent increase notice: At least 90 days' written notice before an increase takes effect; capped at the lesser of 10% or 7% plus CPI, generally once in 12 months; unpaid rent notice: Either 10 days' notice given after the 8th day of the rental period, or 13 days' notice given after the 5th day (72 hours for week-to-week); entry notice: At least 24 hours' notice, with exceptions such as emergencies; late fee limits: No late fee unless rent is unpaid after the 4th day of the rental period; court: Oregon law requires eviction cases to be filed in circuit court; time to answer or appear: The tenant appears on the summons date and, if the case doesn't settle, files an answer by 4 p.m. that day; writ to lockout: A served Notice of Restitution gives the tenant four days to move before the sheriff can act; who carries out the lockout: The sheriff removes a tenant who stays after the notice period, on a writ of execution; paying to stop the case: In a nonpayment case, paying the full amount owed any time before trial lets the tenant ask the judge to dismiss; the tenant still has to come to court.
• Move-in and move-out deposit checklist. A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with Oregon's return deadline (within 31 days).
• Notice calendar. When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules.
• Eviction timeline sheet. The Oregon case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates.
• Oregon landlord workbook (Excel). A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the Oregon rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance.