Oregon Notice to Landlord (Tenant Move-Out Letter)

A free Oregon notice to landlord (tenant move-out letter) that follows Oregon law. Fill in the boxes, check the rules below, then print or copy it. Keep a copy and proof of how you sent it.

What Oregon law says

Ending a month-to-month lease	Tenant: at least 30 days' written notice. Landlord, first year of occupancy: at least 30 days' notice without cause. Landlord after first year: only for tenant cause or a qualifying landlord reason (demolition/conversion, major repairs, owner or immediate family moving in, sale to owner-occupant) with at least 90 days' notice - or 60 days for an accepted purchase offer if one month's rent is paid with the notice. Landlords with an ownership interest in 5 or more residential dwelling units must pay a relocation payment of one month's rent with qualifying-reason notices (landlords with an interest in 4 or fewer units are exempt, ORS 90.427(6)(b)). Week-to-week: 10 days by either party. Source: ORS 90.427
How notices must be delivered	Written notices must be served by (a) personal delivery, (b) first-class mail (which adds 3 days to the notice period, and the notice must say so), or (c) first-class mail plus attachment to the main entrance, if the written rental agreement allows it both ways. Email is allowed only under a separate written addendum signed after the tenant moves in, naming both parties' email addresses and including the statutory warning. Even then, a termination notice sent by email must also be sent by first-class mail. Other methods (such as text) may be used only in addition to a statutory method. Source: ORS 90.155

Ending a month-to-month lease

Tenant: at least 30 days' written notice. Landlord, first year of occupancy: at least 30 days' notice without cause. Landlord after first year: only for tenant cause or a qualifying landlord reason (demolition/conversion, major repairs, owner or immediate family moving in, sale to owner-occupant) with at least 90 days' notice - or 60 days for an accepted purchase offer if one month's rent is paid with the notice. Landlords with an ownership interest in 5 or more residential dwelling units must pay a relocation payment of one month's rent with qualifying-reason notices (landlords with an interest in 4 or fewer units are exempt, ORS 90.427(6)(b)). Week-to-week: 10 days by either party.

Source: ORS 90.427

How notices must be delivered

Written notices must be served by (a) personal delivery, (b) first-class mail (which adds 3 days to the notice period, and the notice must say so), or (c) first-class mail plus attachment to the main entrance, if the written rental agreement allows it both ways. Email is allowed only under a separate written addendum signed after the tenant moves in, naming both parties' email addresses and including the statutory warning. Even then, a termination notice sent by email must also be sent by first-class mail. Other methods (such as text) may be used only in addition to a statutory method.

Source: ORS 90.155

Fill in your letter

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To: [landlord or manager name], [landlord address]

From: [your name], tenant at [rental address]

This is my written notice that I am ending my month-to-month tenancy at the rental above. My last day in the unit will be [move-out date].

I am giving this notice under ORS 90.427, which sets the notice a tenant must give.

Please return my security deposit, less only deductions the law allows, to my forwarding address: [forwarding address].

You can reach me at [phone or email] to arrange a move-out walk-through and key return.

Date: [today's date]
Tenant: [your name]
Signature: ____________________

How to send it: use a method you can prove — certified mail with return receipt, or email/text if your lease allows notices that way. Write down the date.

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