Oregon Notice to Vacate

Oregon notice periods

Each period is the one LeaseCraft's record of the statute holds. Read it with the conditions under it: some periods are minimums and some apply unless the lease sets another. "Lease controls" means the record holds no statutory period for that situation, and "No pre-suit notice" means it holds no notice before filing. The source column shows the law and the date LeaseCraft read it on the official site (most recently 2026-09-27).

What the Oregon statute says

Ending a month-to-month tenancy: 30 calendar days

• During the first year of occupancy only: landlord may terminate a month-to-month tenancy without cause 'by giving the tenant notice in writing not less than 30 days prior to the date designated in the notice' (ORS 90.427(3)(b)); fixed-term in first year: 30 days before the ending date (90.427(4)(b)).
• After the first year of occupancy the landlord may terminate only for cause or for a 'qualifying landlord reason' (demolition/conversion, repairs making the unit unsafe or unfit, landlord/immediate family move-in, accepted purchase offer from a buyer who will occupy) with written notice 'not less than 90 days prior to the date designated as the termination date' (90.427(5)(a)); the notice must state the reason and supporting facts, and the landlord must pay one month's periodic rent at delivery unless the landlord owns four or fewer units (90.427(6)).
• 2025 SB 586 (Or. Laws 2025 ch. 291): for the sale-to-owner-occupant reason the landlord may instead give 60 days' notice if it pays one month's rent at the time of notice in addition to any 90.427(6) payment (90.427(5)(b)).
• Mail service adds three days (ORS 90.155(2)).

Exceptions

• Owner-occupied buildings with two or fewer units: after the first year the landlord may terminate without cause on 60 days' notice, or 30 days when selling to an owner-occupant (90.427(8)).
• Portland requires 90 days' notice and relocation assistance under city code (see local_overlay_warning).

Ending a week-to-week tenancy: 10 calendar days

• Week-to-week tenancy: either party may terminate 'by a written notice given to the other at least 10 days before the termination date designated in that notice' (ORS 90.427(2)); no first-year/qualifying-reason distinction.

Notice by length of occupancy: Under 12 months: 30 days; 12 months or more: 90 days

• First year of occupancy (any tenant resident one year or less): 30-day no-cause notice; after the first year: 90-day notice only for a qualifying landlord reason with one month's rent relocation payment (small-landlord exemption: four or fewer units) — ORS 90.427(3)-(6).
• Sale to owner-occupant after first year: 60 days with an extra month's rent (90.427(5)(b), 2025); owner-occupied 2-unit buildings: 60 days no-cause / 30 days on sale (90.427(8)).

Tenant staying after the lease ends: Lease controls

• A fixed-term tenancy that reaches its end after the first year becomes month-to-month unless the landlord gave a 90-day qualifying-reason notice (or a first-year 30-day notice) — ORS 90.427(4)-(5); no separate holdover notice.

Delivery, form and other Oregon rules

Statewide just-cause rule

Yes: a statewide law requires a stated legal reason to end some tenancies

• Covered: all residential tenancies under ORS chapter 90 after the tenant's first year of occupancy — landlord may terminate only for cause (ORS 90.392, 90.394, 90.396, 90.398, 90.405) or for one of four qualifying landlord reasons with 90 days' notice (60 days on sale with extra payment) and one month's rent relocation assistance (ORS 90.427(5)-(6)).
• Exemptions: first year of occupancy (30-day no-cause); week-to-week tenancies (10-day no-cause); owner-occupied buildings of two or fewer units (60-day no-cause after first year); landlords owning four or fewer units are exempt from the relocation payment but not from the qualifying-reason requirement.

ORS 90.427 (SB 608, Or. Laws 2019 ch. 1; amended Or. Laws 2025 ch. 291) · read 2026-09-27

How the notice may be delivered

Written notices are served by personal delivery, by first-class mail (adding three days to the notice period), or — only if the written rental agreement so provides — by first-class mail plus secure attachment to the main entrance of the dwelling; since 2024 electronic mail is allowed under a written addendum, and a termination notice sent by email must also be sent by first-class mail (ORS 90.155, as amended by Or. Laws 2023 ch. 296).

ORS 90.155(1)-(5) · read 2026-09-27

City and county rules

Secondary sources only LeaseCraft has not verified this at the official source (Oregon State Bar landlord pamphlet (June 2023); Portland Housing Bureau), so this page states no rule. Check it before you serve the notice.

Preparing the notice

The form asks for the tenancy, the date the tenant must leave and how the notice is delivered, and states the notice period plainly. You enter the period; where LeaseCraft has verified the Oregon period for ending a month-to-month tenancy, it refuses a shorter one.

Create a Oregon notice to vacate

A notice is not a court order and does not by itself remove a tenant. Cities and counties can add rules. LeaseCraft is not a law firm and this is not legal advice.

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