For the same applicant across units owned or managed by the landlord; ORS 90.295 also limits the amount to actual/customary screening cost.
ORS 90.260 requires written terms and permits a qualifying flat, daily or recurring five-day calculation.
ORS 90.302 limits covered fees and requires a written rental agreement description.
After termination plus delivery of possession.
Oregon charge guides
Security Deposit
Oregon security deposit deductions, 31-day accounting, carpet cleaning, labor charges and prepaid rent rules.
Open guide →31-Day Rule
How Oregon’s 31-day security-deposit accounting and refund deadline works.
Open guide →Written Accounting
Oregon requires specific written accounting before claiming security-deposit or prepaid-rent amounts.
Open guide →Carpet Cleaning
Oregon has specific statutory conditions for certain carpet-cleaning deductions from a security deposit.
Open guide →Labor Charges
Oregon requires cleaning and repair labor assessed under ORS 90.300 to use a reasonable hourly rate.
Open guide →Last Month’s Rent
ORS 90.300 includes a last-month’s-rent deposit in the definition of security deposit and sets rules for applying prepaid rent.
Open guide →Utility Billing
Oregon rules for landlord-billed utility and service charges, allocation disclosures, provider bills, billing timing and payment deadlines under ORS 90.315.
Open guide →Natural Disaster
New 2026 Oregon law addresses deposits and prepaid rent when a rental unit is destroyed by a qualifying natural disaster.
Open guide →Rental Fees
Oregon rules limiting residential landlord fees to authorized categories, requiring covered fees to be described in a written rental agreement and separating fees from rent and utility charges.
Open guide →Application Screening Fees
Oregon applicant screening charge limits, 60-day repeat-charge restriction, written screening criteria, receipts, screening confirmation, refund triggers and remedies under ORS 90.295.
Open guide →Rent Late Fees
Oregon rent late-fee timing, written-agreement requirements and flat, daily or five-day calculation options under ORS 90.260.
Open guide →Why Oregon is useful for fee checking
A renter can first classify the payment as an applicant screening charge, rent late fee, tenancy deposit, ordinary fee, utility/service charge, rent or damage claim. That classification determines which Oregon statute and document set should be reviewed instead of treating every non-rent amount as one fee category.
60-day repeat-charge rule, amount limit, written criteria, receipts and refund triggers.Rent Late Fees
Fourth-day trigger, written agreement requirement and three statutory calculation structures.Ordinary Rental Fees
ORS 90.302 statutory categories and written rental agreement requirement.Utility Billing
Landlord-billed utility and service charge framework.
Official sources
Current Oregon rule requiring written late-fee terms, delaying a late charge until the statutory timing condition is met and defining the permitted flat, daily or recurring five-day calculation structures.
Oregon Legislative AssemblyORS 90.295 — Applicant screening charges; screening criteria ↗Current Oregon rule limiting applicant screening charges to screening costs, restricting repeat charges within 60 days, requiring written screening disclosures and receipts, and providing refund/remedy rules when screening does not occur or statutory requirements are not followed.
Oregon Legislative AssemblyORS 90.302 — Fees allowed for certain landlord expenses ↗Primary Oregon statute governing many residential landlord fees and written-rental-agreement requirements.
Oregon Legislative AssemblyORS 90.140 — Types of payments landlord may require or accept ↗Current Oregon statute listing recognized payment categories including screening charges, deposits, fees under ORS 90.302, rent, prepaid rent, utility/service charges, late fees and damages.
Oregon Legislative AssemblyORS 90.315 — Utility or service payments ↗Current Oregon rule governing landlord-billed utility/service charges, allocation disclosures, provider-bill access, billing timing, additional charges and remedies.
Oregon Legislative AssemblyORS 90.300 — Security deposits; prepaid rent ↗Current codified Oregon landlord-tenant chapter with the 31-day accounting/refund framework, deposit deductions and carpet-cleaning conditions.