Portland area, OR

Portland-Area Tree
Permit Checker

Free checker for Portland, Lake Oswego, Milwaukie, and West Linn, Oregon. Portland, Lake Oswego, and Milwaukie can return Permit required when every gate is answered. Unknown overlays and West Linn return Check with city. A Portland mailing address outside the city limits is not Title 11.

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Tree rules at a glance

West Linn is included only as Check with city. The current code publisher could not be read on November 6, 2026. County urban pockets with a Portland address are outside the city polygon and are not given a Portland answer.

City of PortlandAn ordinary private tree of at least 12 inches, measured at 4.5 feet under Title 11.80, needs a removal permit when it is not in a development, farm, or public program and is not a heritage or required tree and not in a Title 33 overlay. Dead, dying, dangerous, and nuisance trees can be a Type A permit. They are not exempt. Overlays can protect smaller trees and sometimes every native tree. Checked November 6, 2026 (Ordinance 191988, effective January 3, 2025).Details ›
City of Lake OswegoA tree (trunk at least 6 inches at 4.5 feet, above mean ground) on an ordinary private lot needs a removal permit, including dead, declining, EAB-susceptible, invasive, hazard, and fruit trees. Type I is at most two trees of 15 inches or smaller per calendar year, or fruit trees of any number, and only in the private yard of an occupied dwelling with every exclusion absent. Shrubs, palms, hedges, and short stumps are outside this chapter, which is not a promise against other approvals. Article 55.02 includes Ordinance 2978, adopted September 1, 2026. The exact effective date was not separately confirmed. Checked November 6, 2026.Details ›
City of MilwaukieIn a residential zone, a non-development tree of at least 6 inches needs a permit, including dead and invasive trees. The adopted code uses 6 inches, not "over 6." One healthy tree under 12 inches per tax lot in a rolling 12 months can be Type A. Other healthy removals are generally discretionary Type B. Rare, threatened, and required trees can be protected below 6 inches. Checked November 6, 2026.Details ›
City of West LinnCity guidance supports a permit at 12 inches, and at 6 inches for Oregon white oak, Pacific madrone, and Pacific dogwood. The current code publisher could not be read on November 6, 2026, and an older application link now fails. A 2008 PDF is not the current fee schedule. This checker does not automate a permit or a no-permit answer. Checked November 6, 2026.Details ›

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City of Portland
City of Lake Oswego
City of Milwaukie
City of West Linn