2015 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate
Chapter 090 - Residential Landlord and Tenant
Section 90.427 - Termination of periodic tenancies; landlord remedies for tenant holdover.

(1) As used in this section, "first year of occupancy" includes all periods in which any of the tenants has resided in the dwelling unit for one year or less.

(2) If a tenancy is a week-to-week tenancy, the landlord or the tenant may terminate the tenancy by a written notice given to the other at least 10 days before the termination date specified in the notice.

(3) If a tenancy is a month-to-month tenancy:

(a) At any time during the tenancy, the tenant may terminate the tenancy by giving the landlord notice in writing not less than 30 days prior to the date designated in the notice for the termination of the tenancy.

(b) At any time during the first year of occupancy, the landlord may terminate the tenancy by giving the tenant notice in writing not less than 30 days prior to the date designated in the notice for the termination of the tenancy.

(c) At any time after the first year of occupancy, the landlord may terminate the tenancy by giving the tenant notice in writing not less than 60 days prior to the date designated in the notice for the termination of the tenancy.

(4) If the tenancy is for a fixed term of at least one year and by its terms becomes a month-to-month tenancy after the fixed term:

(a) At any time during the fixed term, notwithstanding subsection (3) of this section, the landlord or the tenant may terminate the tenancy without cause by giving the other notice in writing not less than 30 days prior to the specified ending date for the fixed term or not less than 30 days prior to the date designated in the notice for the termination of the tenancy, whichever is later.

(b) After the specified ending date for the fixed term, at any time during the month-to-month tenancy, the landlord may terminate the tenancy without cause only by giving the tenant notice in writing not less than 60 days prior to the date designated in the notice for the termination of the tenancy.

(5) Notwithstanding subsections (3)(c) and (4)(b) of this section, the landlord may terminate a month-to-month tenancy at any time by giving the tenant notice in writing not less than 30 days prior to the date designated in the notice for the termination of the tenancy if:

(a) The dwelling unit is purchased separately from any other dwelling unit;

(b) The landlord has accepted an offer to purchase the dwelling unit from a person who intends in good faith to occupy the dwelling unit as the person’s primary residence; and

(c) The landlord has provided the notice, and written evidence of the offer to purchase the dwelling unit, to the tenant not more than 120 days after accepting the offer to purchase.

(6) The tenancy shall terminate on the date designated and without regard to the expiration of the period for which, by the terms of the tenancy, rents are to be paid. Unless otherwise agreed, rent is uniformly apportionable from day to day.

(7) If the tenant remains in possession without the landlord’s consent after expiration of the term of the rental agreement or its termination, the landlord may bring an action for possession. In addition, the landlord may recover from the tenant any actual damages resulting from the tenant holding over, including the value of any rent accruing from the expiration or termination of the rental agreement until the landlord knows or should know that the tenant has relinquished possession to the landlord. If the landlord consents to the tenant’s continued occupancy, ORS 90.220 (7) applies.

(8)(a) A notice given to terminate a tenancy under subsection (2) or (3) of this section need not state a reason for the termination.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, a landlord or tenant may include in a notice of termination given under subsection (2) or (3) of this section an explanation of the reason for the termination without having to prove the reason. An explanation does not give the person receiving the notice of termination a right to cure the reason if the notice states that:

(A) The notice is given without stated cause;

(B) The recipient of the notice does not have a right to cure the reason for the termination; and

(C) The person giving the notice need not prove the reason for the termination in a court action.

(9) Subsections (2) to (5) of this section do not apply to a month-to-month tenancy subject to ORS 90.429 or other tenancy created by a rental agreement subject to ORS 90.505 to 90.850.

[Formerly 90.900; 1999 c.603 §29; 1999 c.676 §17; 2003 c.378 §15; 2009 c.127 §4; 2009 c.431 §1; 2011 c.42 §14]