Q: Do you still fall under tenant laws if there was never a lease or rental agreement? Lived in house for two years. Oregon

A: No rental agreement? Don't pay rent? Not likely to be a landlord-tenant relationship between you and them. IF no landlord-tenant relationship, likely means landlord-tenant laws do not apply. So you maybe able to be ejected but likely not evicted. An ejection can be filed without giving you any advanced notice. They have been nice enough to let you live there rent free - do you really want to put the family through a court battle because you want to take even more advantage of them?

A: The key to whether Oregon's landlord-tenant laws apply is whether there is a landlord-tenant relationship between the parties. Leases and/or rental agreements can be evidence of there being a landlord-tenant relationship between the parties, but they are not specifically required. IF, however, there is no landlord-tenant relationship involved and the relationship is more akin to guests refusing to leave, then landlord-tenant laws likely do not apply and landlord-tenant court is the wrong place to be. Tenants are subject to potential eviction by the court. Recalcitrant guests are potentially subject to being ejected by the court. While the goals of both eviction and ejection are similar - get the person out, with a Sheriff's assistance if need be - how you get there legally is vastly different. Neither, however, are do-it-yourself projects. If you are unable to resolve this on your own, consider reviewing it with a local landlord-tenant attorney. Good luck.