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In Portland, a landlord must still give at least 90 days' notice of intent not to renew a fixed term tenancy. You cannot end a fixed term tenancy early unless you have cause to end it, such as a violation of the lease by the tenant.

You could be responsible for the entire amount of rent due until the lease legally terminates. You could be charged for any damages or may lose your security deposit. Your landlord could sue you, and you could incur court costs. Your landlord, under Oregon law, must attempt to rent your unit.

A. Your landlord may charge a fee if you abandon your home during a fixed-term lease without cause. The fee may not exceed one and one-half times the monthly rent. This fee shall not apply to certain members of the military called into service or victims of domestic violence or abuse.

A landlord can use a 30 day-notice to end a month-to-month tenancy if the tenant has been renting for less than a year. A landlord should use a 60-day notice if the tenant has been renting for more than one year and the landlord wants the tenant to move out. (CCP Section 1946.1.)

Breaking a lease is not actually reported to the credit bureaus and will not appear on your report. However, unpaid damages/early termination fees which are sold to collection companies would be reported as defaulted debt, and will remain on your credit report for seven years.

If an eviction case against you shows up on a public consumer report, any potential landlord may assume you were evicted. This is true even if you won your eviction case. Also, any rent or court fees you owe may go to collections. This will appear on your credit report for seven years.

Your landlord only needs to give 'reasonable notice' to quit. Usually this means the length of the rental payment period ? so if you pay rent monthly, you'll get one month's notice.

Landlords are prohibited from evicting residential tenants for non-payment of rent that came due on or after July 1, 2022 and was not paid due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Note that this legislation does not protect tenants against eviction if the rental debt was incurred prior to July 1, 2022).

In California, 30-day notice to vacate the rental property is permitted for tenants that have lived in properties for less than a year or have a month-to-month tenancy agreement. In California, a 60-day notice to vacate is required for tenants residing for a year or more at the property.

Tenants cannot be evicted unlawfully in the state of California. However, a landlord has the right to evict a tenant after failing to pay rent on time.