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Pick the situation that is yours and put in each date once, on the stage it belongs to. The page shows the stage you are at and the period the statutes set after it, with whose period it is and the section it comes from. It says what the law sets, never what to do about it.

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Which situation is yours

The 10 or 13 day notice of nonpayment, the first appearance the clerk sets, and the trial after it.

An eviction for unpaid rent. 4 stages, from The 10 day notice of nonpayment.

  1. Stage 1 · What the statutes set next

    The 10 day notice of nonpayment

    Period
    At least 10 days
    From
    The written notice of nonpayment being delivered
    Whose
    The landlord

    In any tenancy other than week to week, one form of the notice gives at least 10 days to pay, and may be given no sooner than the eighth day of the rental period, counting the day rent is due. Paying within the period cures the nonpayment.

    The whole of it: Being Evicted For Rent →ORS 90.394

  2. Stage 2 · Later in the statutes

    The 13 day notice of nonpayment

    The date of: The written notice of nonpayment being deliveredThe same date as stage 1, so it is counted from there once that date is in.

    Period
    At least 13 days
    From
    The written notice of nonpayment being delivered
    Whose
    The landlord

    In any tenancy other than week to week, the other form of the notice gives at least 13 days to pay, and may be given no sooner than the fifth day of the rental period, counting the day rent is due. Paying within the period cures the nonpayment.

    The whole of it: Being Evicted For Rent →ORS 90.394

  3. Stage 3 · Later in the statutes

    The first appearance on a claim for nonpayment

    Period
    15 days
    From
    The judicial day after the landlord pays the filing fee
    Whose
    The court clerk

    For a claim of nonpayment, the clerk sets the first appearance 15 days after the judicial day following payment of the filing fee. A default judgment for possession is entered only if the landlord appears and the tenant does not; if the tenant appears and the landlord does not, the complaint is dismissed.

    The whole of it: Being Evicted For Rent →ORS 105.135ORS 105.137

  4. Stage 4 · Later in the statutes

    The trial on a claim for nonpayment

    Period
    No earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days
    From
    The first appearance, where both sides appear and the case has not settled
    Whose
    The court

    If both sides appear and the case has not settled, the court sets a trial, for a nonpayment claim no earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days after the appearance. A tenant without a lawyer may answer on a court form listing defenses, and is not limited at trial to what the form raised.

    The whole of it: Being Evicted For Rent →ORS 105.137

Around these dates

What the law asks of each side between them, a step at a time: The Notice On The Door

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