OR SB1523

Tenants and applicants may request in writing to opt out of using a tenant portal for essential tenancy functions including identity verification, signing agreements, paying rent, submitting maintenance requests, and communicating with landlords

Landlords must accept rent payments by check or other commercially reasonable non-electronic methods and cannot require payment by debit card, credit card, electronic check, or tenant portal

Landlords using tenant portals for applications must provide printable application copies on their website or within 3 days of written request, and must process all applications with equal priority regardless of submission method

Landlords may pass through payment processing fees for credit/debit card or tenant portal payments, provided they allow non-electronic payment alternatives and make fee records available to tenants upon request

Noncompliance entitles affected applicants or tenants to actual damages or $100, whichever is greater; the law applies to both existing and new rental agreements and takes effect 91 days after legislative adjournment