Q: I’m putting in a 30 day notice (out on the 15th) will I have to pay the full month’s rent even without a written lease?
The landlord did not require a written lease. Will I owe the full amount of the rent, or just the amount for each day into the new month before moving?
A: Residential rent in Oregon is apportioned on a daily basis. So a tenant owes rent for everyday they occupy a dwelling or until their tenancy terminates, whichever comes later. So if you only provide 20 days notice, you will still owe an "extra" 10 days rent assuming you do indeed vacate on day 20. If you provide 30 days notice and actually do not vacate until day 34, you will owe 34 days rent. If you provide 30 days notice however, and the 30th day is December 15th, and you are actually out on December 15, then you will owe 15 days rent for December on a pro-rated basis. Understand, however, there are multiple potential ways to calculate a pro-rated rent. Some landlords will take December's rent and divide it by 31 and then multiply that amount times the number of days you owe rent for. Others will take the monthly rent, multiply it by 12 and divide that number by 365 to get a daily rental rate and then multiply that by the number of days you owe for (the fairest method in my opinion). Still others base a rent proration on a 360 day calendar year, though I have never figured out why. In the end, there normally is not a lot of difference in the various methods but there is indeed some. No matter what, however, rent is apportioned on a daily basis as long as it is in a residential context.
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