Oregon Tenant Essential Service Restoration Notice
OREGON TENANT ESSENTIAL SERVICE RESTORATION NOTICE
Before sending: Use this notice for an ordinary rented dwelling unit, not a rented space for a tenant-owned manufactured dwelling, recreational vehicle, or floating home. It addresses loss of an essential service under ORS 90.365(1), such as heat, running water, plumbing, electricity, exterior-door locks, or a landlord-supplied cooking appliance or refrigerator. It requests restoration and gives notice of possible statutory remedies; it does not terminate the tenancy. Give the landlord reasonable time and access under the circumstances before using a remedy. A different notice is needed for a proposed termination under ORS 90.365(2).
Notice date: [__/__/____]
To landlord or authorized agent: [________________________________]
Address for notice: [________________________________]
From tenant(s): [________________________________]
Rental address and unit: [________________________________]
Missing essential service
I give notice that the following essential service at my dwelling is unavailable or inadequate:
Service: [________________________________]
What is happening and where: [____________________________________________________________]
When the problem began: [DATE AND TIME: ________________________________]
Effect on the dwelling and occupants: [____________________________________________________________]
Landlord's responsibility under the rental agreement or law: [____________________________________________________________]
Earlier report, if any: [DATE, METHOD, PERSON CONTACTED: ________________________________]
Photos, messages, or other supporting material enclosed: [____________________________________________________________]
I ask you to restore this service promptly. Please contact me at [PHONE / EMAIL] to arrange access. I can offer access on [DATES / TIMES]. If that access will not work, please contact me promptly to arrange another reasonable time.
Notice of possible remedies
If the landlord intentionally or negligently fails to supply this essential service contrary to the rental agreement or ORS 90.320, and the failure continues after a reasonable opportunity to restore service and provide access, I may seek the remedies available under ORS 90.365(1), as applicable to the facts: reasonable substitute service and deduction of its actual and reasonable cost from rent; damages for reduced fair rental value; or, if the dwelling is unsafe or unfit to occupy because of this failure, substitute housing during the noncompliance. In the last case, rent is excused during the noncompliance, and I may recover the actual and reasonable cost or fair and reasonable value of comparable substitute housing that exceeds the rent for this dwelling. I will keep records of any expenses and correspondence.
This notice does not assert a fixed repair deadline or authorize an immediate rent deduction. The remedies depend on the conditions in ORS 90.365, including whether the landlord substantially supplies the service, is making a reasonable good-faith effort despite conditions beyond its control, or the condition was caused by the tenant or someone on the premises with the tenant's consent.
Tenant signature: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]
Additional tenant signature, if applicable: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]
Delivery record
Method: ☐ Personal delivery ☐ First-class mail ☐ First-class mail plus attachment at the landlord-designated location, if the written rental agreement allows reciprocal mail-and-attachment service ☐ Email, only if both parties signed an ORS 90.155(1)(d) notice addendum after occupancy and that agreement remains in force
Delivered or mailed to: [________________________________]
Date and time delivered or mailed: [________________________________]
Proof kept: [________________________________]
Source
About this template
- Last updated
- November 10, 2026
- Citations checked
- November 10, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Oregon
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- ORS 90.100(15)(a) (essential service)
- ORS 90.365(1), (3)-(7) (notice and remedies for essential-service failure)
- ORS 90.155(1)-(2) (delivery of written notice)
Landlord-tenant paperwork governs who can stay in a property, on what terms, and what happens when something goes wrong. Leases, notices to quit, security deposit demands, and habitability complaints all have state and often city-specific requirements for timing, content, and service. Getting the paperwork right is what makes an eviction actually succeed or a security deposit actually come back, because judges regularly dismiss cases over small procedural mistakes.
Not legal advice
This template is provided for informational purposes. We recommend having an attorney review any legal document before signing, especially for high-value or complex matters.
Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on November 10, 2026.
ORS 90.100(15)(a)(A) (checked November 5, 2026): "Heat, plumbing, hot and cold running water, gas, electricity, light fixtures, locks for exterior doors, latches for windows"
ORS 90.365(1) (checked November 5, 2026): "the tenant may give written notice to the landlord specifying the breach and that the tenant may seek substitute services, diminution in rent damages or substitute housing"
ORS 90.365(1) (landlord fault condition) (checked November 9, 2026): "the landlord intentionally or negligently fails to supply any essential service"
ORS 90.365(1) (checked November 5, 2026): "After allowing the landlord a reasonable time and reasonable access under the circumstances to supply the essential service"
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