What you actually pay when property changes hands in Oregon.
Verified September 21, 2026 · statute and revenue department cross-checked
Oregon does not charge a real estate transfer tax.
Oregon bans transfer taxes. Only Washington County, which had one before the 1997 ban, still charges anything.
Washington County (Beaverton, Hillsboro, Tigard) charges $1 per $1,000, which is 0.1 percent. Portland, Salem, Eugene and everywhere else charge nothing.
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Statute: ORS 306.815
ORS 306.815 “A city, county, district or other political subdivision or municipal corporation of this state shall not impose, by ordinance or other law, a tax or fee upon the transfer of a fee estate in real property ... Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to any tax if the ordinance or other law imposing the tax is in effect and operative on March 31, 1997.”
Washington County, Oregon “Transfer tax is charged on each transfer of real property located within Washington County. ... The tax is one dollar per thousand dollars of the selling price.”
Last verified: September 21, 2026.
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