Oregon: Got a public safety violation for our tenant's trash.

[Ellie Narie]

We're going to be filing for an eviction shortly because this is a problematic tenant. 

Anyway, the problem is, we just got a public safety violation notice because the tenant left a whole bunch of stuff on their driveway, and it has been there for a while (a few weeks). The tenant is still living there, and knows very well that they left trash out, and doesn't do anything about it. 

Now that we got a public safety violation, we've been given a deadline by which to remove the trash. 

Are we legally allowed to throw away the tenant's trash now? In Oregon, you're technically not supposed to touch any of the tenant's stuff and could get in trouble for it. But now that it's a public safety concern, can we legally remove all the trash they left out on their driveway?