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- Jurisdiction
- Oregon
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Or. Laws 2020 (1st Spec. Sess.), ch. 13 (Enrolled HB 4213); ORS ch. 90
- Issued
- 2020-06-30 June 30, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-30
- End
- Emergency period Apr. 1-Sept. 30, 2020; grace period to Mar. 31, 2021; amended and extended by HB 4401 (Dec. 23, 2020) to Dec. 31, 2020 and June 30, 2021 (read as 2021-03-31)
- In force
- June 30, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- residential landlords
- non-residential landlords (section 5)
- courts (FED actions)
- Functions reached
- PM property management (evictions, late fees, credit reporting barred)
- CM commercial tenancies (section 5)
- SV collections
- CL court process
- Collection
- Oregon OR
Operative words
(a) "Emergency period" means the period beginning on April 1, 2020, and ending on September 30, 2020.... (2) During and after the emergency period and notwithstanding this chapter or ORS 105.105 to 105.168, a landlord may not, and may not threaten to: (a) Deliver a notice of termination of a rental agreement based on a tenant's nonpayment balance; (b) Initiate or continue an action under ORS 105.110 to take possession of a dwelling unit based on a notice of termination for nonpayment delivered on or after April 1, 2020; (c) Take any action that would interfere with a tenant's possession or use of a dwelling unit based on a tenant's nonpayment balance; (d) Assess a late fee or any other penalty on a tenant's nonpayment; or (e) Report a tenant's nonpayment balance as delinquent to any consumer credit reporting agency.
Enforcement
ORS ch. 90 remedies; FED court process barred
Notes
Legislative instrument; its findings recite the Governor's Mar. 8, 2020 emergency declaration as the public purpose.
Retrieval noteSigning date June 30, 2020 from EO 20-30's recital and EO 20-56.