Eviction Protections Extended in Oregon
This article is general in nature and is not intended as legal advice for any specific issue that might arise, since every situation is...
When Tenants Leave Belongings Behind
If you are a residential landlord, you cannot take or keep any of a tenant’s belongings until the rental agreement has ended. If you...
Keeping Tenants and Getting Paid
Does this sound familiar? You have a tenant who checked out well in the application process,but now has not paid rent for two months. He...
New Legal precedent for how to deliver Eviction Notices
Mr. Busch successfully argued a case in the Oregon Court of Appeals that helped expand the way in which eviction notices could be served...
RV Tenant Eviction
Question How does the eviction process work when evicting an RV tenant? Is it different than evicting a manufactured home community...
Floating Homes
With Oregon’s numerous bays and waterways, floating home marinas are a popular living choice for many people. By statute, floating homes...
Court Appearances
Nearly every eviction begins with an eviction notice, which must be properly served on the tenant. Most notices give the tenant a certain...
Eviction Trials
Filing the Initial “FED” The term "FED" stands for Forcible Entry and Detainer. This is the legal term for an eviction lawsuit filed in...
Forms
Every landlord should have a good set of forms to use for issuing notices to tenants. The best place to get them is usually a landlord...
Abandoned Property
If a tenant leaves behind personal property, the landlord is required by statute to send an "abandonment notice." The abandonment notice...