Oregon Tenant Notice of Intent to Vacate
Oregon Tenant Notice of Intent to Vacate
Use this form for ordinary tenant termination or fixed-term departure. Use a separate notice for any statutory early-termination right.
Oregon Timing Gate
ORS 90.427 permits a tenant to terminate a week-to-week tenancy by written notice at least 10 days before the termination date stated in the notice. A tenant may terminate a month-to-month tenancy by written notice not less than 30 days before the date designated in the notice. ORS 90.100(19) defines a fixed-term tenancy as continuing to a specified ending date and terminating on that date without further notice, but the lease and any renewal clause should still be checked.
- Tenancy: ☐ Week-to-week ☐ Month-to-month ☐ Fixed term ending [__/__/____]
- Weekly notice is at least 10 days: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable
- Monthly notice is at least 30 days: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable
- Lease renewal/nonrenewal clause checked: ☐ Yes
- Portland/local, subsidy, and program requirements checked: ☐ Yes
1. Notice
Date: [__/__/____]
To: [LANDLORD / PROPERTY MANAGER NAME]
Notice address: [________________________________]
From tenant(s): [________________________________]
Rental premises: [________________________________]
I give written notice that I will terminate or not renew the tenancy, vacate, and surrender possession on [TERMINATION / MOVE-OUT DATE].
- Notice delivery date: [__/__/____]
- Effective-date calculation and lease section: [________________________________]
This notice does not claim a protected early-termination right requiring a different notice or documents.
2. Move-Out Coordination
- Requested inspection date/time: [________________________________]
- Keys/access devices will be returned at: [________________________________]
- Forwarding address for deposit/accounting and later communications: [________________________________]
3. Signatures and Delivery
Tenant signature/name/date: [________________________________]
Co-tenant signature/name/date: [________________________________]
Phone/email: [________________________________]
- Method: ☐ Personal delivery ☐ Mail ☐ Other permitted method: [________]
- Person/address delivered to: [________________________________]
- Date/time and proof/tracking: [________________________________]
- Signed copy retained: ☐ Yes
Sources and References
- ORS chapter 90 — Oregon Legislature — https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors090.html
About this template
- Last updated
- July 22, 2026
- Citations checked
- July 22, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Oregon
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- ORS §§ 90.100(19), 90.427
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 July 22, 2026.
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