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Oregon room rental agreement
Written for Oregon law, checked September 24, 2026 General information, not legal advice
Rentari offers a general room-rental agreement form, but it is not tailored to Oregon or every local rule. Review the room, shared spaces, occupancy requirements, and applicable Oregon and city rules before using a form. The state table below covers selected deposit and entry rules, not every room-rental requirement.
Oregon rules that apply
Security deposit limit
Not set by statuteOregon state law does not cap the amount of a security deposit. A written rental agreement must list any deposit the tenant paid or the landlord requires, and you must give the tenant a receipt for it. A last month's rent deposit counts as a security deposit.
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- You may not charge a pet deposit for a service or companion animal that a tenant with a disability needs as a reasonable accommodation. ORS 90.300(4)
- During the first year of the tenancy you may not change the agreement to require a new or larger deposit, except an added deposit tied to an agreed change such as allowing a pet. After the first year, give the tenant at least three months to pay a new or increased deposit. ORS 90.300(5)
- Apply a last month's rent deposit to the last month's rent when either side gives a termination notice (other than a nonpayment notice), when you both agree to end the tenancy, or when a fixed term ends under the written agreement. ORS 90.300(9)
- Portland limits deposits to one month's rent, or half a month on top of a last month's rent deposit, plus up to half a month more when you conditionally approve an applicant, which the tenant may pay in installments over up to three months. Portland City Code 30.01.087(A) See Rent control and local rules on the Oregon page
The Rentari Oregon lease states the deposit amount and promises a receipt. It says Oregon does not cap the deposit, except that a Portland lease states Portland's cap instead.
Landlord entry
Give the tenant at least 24 hours' actual notice of your intent to enter, and enter only at reasonable times, unless you and the tenant agree otherwise about a specific entry. You may not enter if the tenant, after receiving the notice, denies consent, but the tenant may not unreasonably withhold consent, and you may not abuse the right of access or use it to harass.
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- In an emergency you may enter without notice at any time. If the tenant was absent, give actual notice within 24 hours stating the entry, its date and time, the emergency and who entered. ORS 90.322(1)(b)
- A written repair request lets you enter to make that repair without further notice; the authority lasts seven days unless the repair is in progress. ORS 90.322(1)(c)
- Entry without notice to show a home for sale needs a separate signed agreement, made while you are actively selling, with separate payment to the tenant. ORS 90.322(1)(d)
- During a tenant absence of more than seven days you may enter at times reasonably necessary. ORS 90.410(2)
- For an unlawful or harassing entry the tenant may get a court order, end the agreement, and recover at least one month's rent (one week's in a week-to-week tenancy). If a tenant refuses lawful access, you may get a court order or terminate for cause and recover damages. ORS 90.322(7) ORS 90.322(8)
The lease requires at least 24 hours' actual notice and entry at reasonable times, respects a tenant's denial of consent, covers emergencies and written repair requests, and bars harassment.