# Oregon — Security deposit return deadlines by US state — the statutory clock a landlord has to return a tenant's deposit, quoted from the state statute

For Oregon, return deadline is 31 days; deadline in days is 31; what starts the clock is after the tenancy terminates and the tenant delivers possession to the landlord; statute is Or. Rev. Stat. § 90.300(13), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

- **State:** Oregon _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Return deadline:** 31 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline in days:** 31 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **What starts the clock:** after the tenancy terminates and the tenant delivers possession to the landlord _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** Or. Rev. Stat. § 90.300(13) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> The landlord shall return to the tenant the security deposit or prepaid rent or the portion of the security deposit or prepaid rent that the landlord does not claim in the manner provided by subsections (11) and (12) of this section not later than 31 days after the tenancy terminates and the tenant delivers possession to the landlord.

## Source

- https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors090.html

Last verified: 2026-08-26. Review by: 2027-08-26.
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