10/09/2026
If you’ve found ants in the kitchen, mouse droppings in a crawl space, or a cockroach problem in a rented unit, the first question is usually: is this on me, or is this on my landlord? The honest answer is “it depends” — and in the Portland/Vancouver metro, it depends on which side of the Columbia River you’re on, since Oregon and Washington handle this differently.
Oregon and Washington have different rules on who pays for pest control in a rental. Here's what landlords and tenants in Portland/Vancouver need to know.