Tenant Screening in Oregon

FCRA-compliant tenant screening for landlords in Oregon — serving Portland, Salem, Eugene, Gresham, Hillsboro and every other Oregon market. Reports start at $24.99 with no subscription. Oregon-specific reporting-law overlays are applied automatically before the landlord sees any record.

What landlords in Oregon can include in a screening report

• Credit report and score — TransUnion VantageScore plus tradeline detail.
• Criminal background — nationwide criminal record search with Oregon-specific look-back limits applied.
• Housing records — sealed, dismissed, and time-barred housing-court records filtered before they reach you.
• Income verification — optional payroll + bank-link verification via Pinwheel.
• AI landlord reference call — optional AI agent calls the applicant’s prior landlord and produces a structured summary.

Housing records reporting in Oregon

Oregon ORS 105.163 caps housing-records reporting at five years and requires dismissed and sealed cases be excluded.

Statutory citation: ORS 105.163

How reporting limits interact with what you may lawfully consider is covered in what landlords can screen for and the investigative consumer report explainer.

Criminal-record reporting in Oregon

Oregon Fair Tenant Screening Act limits criminal-record use in housing decisions.

Fair housing in Oregon

The Oregon Fair Housing Act applies in addition to the federal Fair Housing Act. Source of income is a protected class statewide in Oregon — landlords may not refuse to consider an applicant solely because they intend to pay with a housing-choice voucher or similar lawful source.

Notable Oregon considerations

Source of income is a protected class statewide. Portland has additional tenant protections.

What Oregon law limits when you screen and rent

These are the statutory limits most likely to affect a Oregon landlord at the application stage, compiled from state statutes and reviewed August 2026. Where a limit could not be tied to a specific statute it is left out rather than estimated. Statutes change and local ordinances often add limits your state does not — this is a starting point for your own check, not legal advice, and not a substitute for counsel licensed in Oregon.

Rental application / screening fee

Oregon caps an applicant screening charge at the landlord's average actual cost of screening applicants or the customary amount charged, and allows only one such charge per applicant in any 60-day period. Citation: Or. Rev. Stat. § 90.295

Security deposit limit

Oregon sets no statewide cap on the amount of a security deposit, though it restricts new or increased deposits during the first year and some cities impose their own local limits. Citation: Or. Rev. Stat. § 90.300 (regulates deposits; no amount limit)

Criminal history (fair-chance housing)

Oregon statewide limits which arrests, convictions, and pending charges a landlord may consider and requires an individualized assessment before denying an applicant on criminal history. Citation: Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 90.303, 90.304(5)

Local ordinances frequently add limits your state statute does not — check your city and county before you set an application fee or a deposit.

How RentalApplication.ai works for Oregon landlords

1. You start a screening at rentalapplication.ai/apply. Enter the applicant’s name and email; pick the reports you want.
2. The applicant gets an email with a secure link, completes the application, and authorizes the screening (FCRA § 1681b(b)(2)).
3. The applicant pays at the moment of submission (or you can land-lord-pay).
4. Reports are delivered to you in minutes (credit) to a few hours (housing/criminal). State-law overlays are applied before the landlord sees any record.
5. If you decline based on the report, we generate the FCRA § 1681m adverse-action notice for you.

This page is an informational summary, not legal advice. State and local landlord-tenant law changes frequently — verify against current statute and local counsel before relying on this content. RentalApplication.ai is a reseller of consumer reports under FCRA § 1681a(u) and does not make tenancy decisions. The landlord (the “end user”) is the party who decides whether to approve or deny an application.