(1) A tenant may give actual notice to the landlord that the tenant is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, bias crime or stalking and may request that the locks to the dwelling unit be changed. A tenant is not required to provide verification of the domestic violence, sexual assault, bias crime or stalking to initiate the changing of the locks. (2) A landlord who receives a request under subsection (1) of this section shall promptly change the locks to the tenants dwelling unit at the tenants expense or shall give the tenant permission to change the locks. If a landlord fails to promptly act, the tenant may change the locks without the landlords permission. If the tenant changes the locks, the tenant shall give a key to the new locks to the landlord. (3) If the perpetrator of the domestic violence, sexual assault, bias crime or stalking is a tenant in the same dwelling unit as the victim: (a) Before the landlord or tenant changes the locks under this section, the tenant must provide the landlord with a copy of an order issued by a court pursuant to ORS 107.716 or 107.718 or any other federal, state, local or tribal court that orders the perpetrator to move out of the dwelling unit. (b) The landlord has no duty under the rental agreement or by law to allow the perpetrator access to the dwelling unit or provide keys to the perpetrator, during the term of the court order or after expiration of the court order, or to provide the perpetrator access to the perpetrators personal property within the dwelling unit. Notwithstanding ORS 90.425, 90.435 or 90.675, if a landlord complies completely and in good faith with this section, the landlord is not liable to a perpetrator excluded from the dwelling unit. (c) The perpetrator is jointly liable with any other tenant of the dwelling unit for rent or damages to the dwelling unit incurred prior to the date the perpetrator was excluded from the dwelling unit. (d) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the landlord may not require the tenant to pay additional rent or an additional deposit or fee because of the exclusion of the perpetrator. (e) The perpetrators tenancy terminates by operation of law upon an order described in paragraph (a) of this subsection becoming a final order. MISCELLANEOUS
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