(1) If a tenancy is for the occupancy of a recreational vehicle in a manufactured dwelling park or mobile home park, as defined in ORS § 446.003, or recreational vehicle park, as defined in ORS § 197.492, the landlord shall provide a written rental agreement for a month-to-month, week-to-week or fixed-term tenancy. The rental agreement must state:

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 90.230

  • Accessory building or structure: means any portable, demountable or permanent structure, including but not limited to cabanas, ramadas, storage sheds, garages, awnings, carports, decks, steps, ramps, piers and pilings, that is:

    (a) Owned and used solely by a tenant of a manufactured dwelling or floating home; or

    (b) Provided pursuant to a written rental agreement for the sole use of and maintenance by a tenant of a manufactured dwelling or floating home. See Oregon Statutes 90.100

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Landlord: includes a person who is authorized by the owner, lessor or sublessor to manage the premises or to enter into a rental agreement. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • local government: means all cities, counties and local service districts located in this state, and all administrative subdivisions of those cities, counties and local service districts. See Oregon Statutes 174.116
  • Manufactured dwelling: includes an accessory building or structure. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Month-to-month tenancy: means a tenancy that automatically renews and continues for successive monthly periods on the same terms and conditions originally agreed to, or as revised by the parties, until terminated by one or both of the parties. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Recreational vehicle: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 174. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Recreational vehicle park: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 197. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Rent: means any payment to be made to the landlord under the rental agreement, periodic or otherwise, in exchange for the right of a tenant and any permitted pet to occupy a dwelling unit to the exclusion of others and to use the premises. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Rental agreement: includes a lease. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Vacation occupancy: means occupancy in a dwelling unit, not including transient occupancy in a hotel or motel, that:

    (a) Has all of the following characteristics:

    (A) The occupant rents the unit for vacation purposes only, not as a principal residence;

    (B) The occupant has a principal residence other than at the unit; and

    (C) The period of authorized occupancy does not exceed 45 days; or

    (b) Is for the rental of a space in a recreational vehicle park on which a recreational vehicle owned by the occupant will be located and for which:

    (A) The occupant rents the unit for vacation purposes only, not as a principal residence;

    (B) The occupant has a principal residence other than at the space;

    (C) The period of authorized occupancy does not exceed 90 days;

    (D) The recreational vehicle is required to be removed from the park at the end of the occupancy period before a new occupancy may begin; and

    (E) A written agreement is signed by the occupant that substantially states: 'Your occupancy of this recreational vehicle park is a vacation occupancy and is NOT subject to the Oregon Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (ORS Chapter 90). See Oregon Statutes 90.100

  • Week-to-week tenancy: means a tenancy that has all of the following characteristics:

    (a) Occupancy is charged on a weekly basis and is payable no less frequently than every seven days;

    (b) There is a written rental agreement that defines the landlord's and the tenant's rights and responsibilities under this chapter; and

    (c) There are no fees or security deposits, although the landlord may require the payment of an applicant screening charge, as provided in ORS § 90. See Oregon Statutes 90.100

(a) If applicable, that the tenancy may be terminated by the landlord under ORS § 90.427 without cause upon 30 or 60 days’ written notice for a month-to-month tenancy or upon 10 days’ written notice for a week-to-week tenancy.

(b) That any accessory building or structure paid for or provided by the tenant belongs to the tenant and is subject to a demand by the landlord that the tenant remove the building or structure upon termination of the tenancy.

(c) That the tenancy is subject to the requirements of ORS § 197.493 (1) for exemption from placement and occupancy restrictions.

(2) If a tenant described in subsection (1) of this section moves following termination of the tenancy by the landlord under ORS § 90.427, and the landlord failed to provide the required written rental agreement before the beginning of the tenancy, the tenant may recover the tenant’s actual damages or twice the periodic rent, whichever is greater.

(3) If the occupancy fails at any time to comply with the requirements of ORS § 197.493 (1) for exemption from placement and occupancy restrictions, and a state agency or local government requires the tenant to move as a result of the noncompliance, the tenant may recover the tenant’s actual damages or twice the periodic rent, whichever is greater. This subsection does not apply if the noncompliance was caused by the tenant.

(4) This section does not apply to a vacation occupancy. [2005 c.619 § 14; 2011 c.42 § 1a; 2022 c.54 § 11]

 

[Formerly 91.740; 1993 c.369 § 3; 1995 c.559 § 6; 1997 c.577 § 8; 1999 c.603 § 10; 2003 c.378 § 9; renumbered 90.220 in 2005]