Is Oregon a community property state?
No. Oregon is not a community property state. The court divides the spouses' property as is just and proper in all the circumstances, presuming both spouses contributed equally to property acquired during the marriage.[1]
What Oregon’s statutes say
Dividing property at divorce
The court divides the property of either or both spouses as may be just and proper in all the circumstances, with a rebuttable presumption that both contributed equally to property acquired during the marriage.[1]
“For the division or other disposition between the parties of the real or personal property, or both, of either or both of the parties as may be just and proper in all the circumstances.”[1]
ORS 107.105(1)(f) · checked October 26, 2026
We didn’t find a statutory definition of marital or separate property in the Oregon text we read, so none is quoted here.
Not legal advice. Plain-English summaries of Oregon’s statutes as of the date shown on each, with the text quoted. Whether a particular asset is marital, community or separate depends on the facts, and courts apply the law case by case. Read the linked source or ask a lawyer licensed in Oregon.
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Sources
Oregon’s statutes, read on the official site (or an official court source where the line says so), with the date we checked them.