Home / Guides / Oregon R327 practice / Oregon wildfire disclosure
Oregon wildfire disclosure
Oregon does have a wildfire-adjacent question on the seller’s property disclosure statement. ORS 105.464 is that form. The reprint opened 23 August 2026 still includes item 9.I: “Has the property been classified as wildland-urban interface?” That checkbox is not R327. BCD says the 2025 legislature repealed the statewide hazard map as a regulatory overlay. Local R327, where a building department adopted it, is still construction. This is not California AB 38.
You are in an Oregon escrow looking at a multi-page seller disclosure, then at a rumor that “the wildfire question is gone.” Open the form. Then open the building department. Those are two documents.
Claims about the map repeal come from BCD’s 5 August 2025 filing, not from enrolled bill text. Confirm the live form.
Why it matters
People paste California’s 1102.19 inspection letter onto an Oregon deal. People treat a Yes on 9.I as a permit hold. People treat a No as “no wildfire rules.” The disclosure is the seller’s actual knowledge at the time of disclosure. The permit is the local adopted code. SB 83, as BCD describes it, took the statewide map out of regulation. It did not delete R327 where a city or county opted in.
How it works
ORS 105.464 requires a seller of covered residential property to deliver a statement in substantially the statutory form. The buyer has five days from delivery to revoke the offer in writing unless that right is waived. The representations are the seller’s, not the lender’s or the licensee’s.
The form is long. Wildfire-adjacent items on the reprint opened 23 August 2026 include:
- 5.C smoke alarms
- 9.C material damage from fire, wind, floods, earthquake, or landslides
- 9.D designated floodplain
- 9.I classified as wildland-urban interface
- 7 HOA or other governing entity (whose rules may mention fuels or roofs)
Do not collapse those into one “wildfire disclosure.”
The paths
| Document | Job | Not |
|---|---|---|
| ORS 105.464 | Seller’s actual-knowledge form | A building code |
| Item 9.I on the opened reprint | WUI-classification question | Proof R327 applies |
| BCD / SB 83 (BCD 5 Aug 2025 notice) | Statewide hazard map repealed as regulation | A reason to skip locally adopted R327 |
| Local R327 | New-dwelling construction where adopted | The disclosure checkbox |
| Civ. 1102.19 | California defensible-space file at sale | Oregon law |
1. Read the live form. The reprint at Public.Law still showed 9.I on 23 August 2026. Its printed history ends with 2023 session laws. If your title company hands you a 2026 OREA form with 9.I removed, believe the form in the file and check the enrolled bill. This page does not invent that strike.
2. Do not treat 9.I as R327. Classification as WUI on a disclosure is not an ordinance adopting Section R327. Ask the building department. See Oregon BCD, State Fire Marshal, and ODF and R327 versus CWUIC.
3. Do not treat a blank 9.I as “no rules.” OSFM still publishes defensible-space guidance. ODF still declares fire season. A CWPP may still cover the geography. HOA covenants still bind if they exist (item 7).
4. Damage from fire is a different line. Item 9.C asks about material damage from fire and other hazards. That is condition, not classification.
5. California stays in California. AB 38 is documentation and a pre-2010 hardening notice in high or very high FHSZ. Oregon did not copy it.
What people mix up
- Saying Oregon has no wildfire disclosure of any kind.
- Treating 9.I as a building permit.
- Treating SB 83’s map repeal as a repeal of locally adopted R327.
- Pasting Civil Code 1102.19 onto an Oregon listing.
- Using an old SB 762 map printout as the disclosure answer.
How to check
- Open the disclosure the seller actually signed. Find section 9.
- Open BCD’s wildfire-hazard page and ask the local building department whether R327 is adopted.
- If someone claims SB 83 deleted 9.I, ask for the enrolled bill or the current OREA form. This page cites BCD’s filing, not enrolled bill text.
- For California property, stop using this page. Use AB 38.
Limits
This page is not a real-estate form and not legal advice. It does not reprint the full ORS 105.464 statement. This page cites BCD’s 5 August 2025 filing for SB 83’s map repeal, not enrolled bill text. FireApproved is not OREA and not BCD. Confirm the form in the escrow file.
Related records
Questions
Did Oregon delete all wildfire disclosure?
No. ORS 105.464 is still the seller’s property disclosure statement. The reprint opened 23 August 2026 still includes item 9.I, “Has the property been classified as wildland-urban interface?” Other items still ask about fire damage, floodplain, and HOA rules. Do not tell a buyer there is no wildfire-related question on the Oregon form.
If 9.I is Yes, do I have to meet R327?
No. The disclosure is the seller’s actual knowledge on a form. R327 is adopted construction, where a local building department opted in, for new dwellings. See Oregon BCD, State Fire Marshal, and ODF. Confirm the permit with the building official.
Did SB 83 take the map out of regulation?
BCD’s 5 August 2025 temporary-rule notice says the 2025 legislature repealed the statewide wildfire hazard map and the regulatory requirements attached to it, and made R327 available for local adoption on new construction of new buildings. This page uses that BCD filing for the map repeal, not enrolled bill text. Confirm the live form and the enrolled bill before treating 9.I as gone.
Is this California AB 38?
No. AB 38 is Civil Code 1102.19 and 1102.6f. Oregon did not adopt that pair. See California AB 38 seller disclosure.