What Oregon requires
- A commercial or public applicator's full name and pesticide applicator license number appear legibly on every application recordOAR 603-057-0130 (3)
- When a pesticide apprentice or immediately supervised trainee applies, the record legibly names both them and their supervising applicator with each one's pesticide license numberOAR 603-057-0130 (4)
- Records give the name of the person for whom the pesticide was applied, the approximate location of the land or property, and the date and approximate time of applicationORS 634.146 (1) (a) to (c)
- Records name the person who supplied the pesticidesORS 634.146 (1) (d)
- Records give each pesticide's trade name and strength, the amount or concentration (pounds or gallons of active ingredient per acre, or concentration per about 100 gallons), and the specific property or crop treatedORS 634.146 (1) (e) to (g)
- Records summarize the equipment, device or apparatus used (with the FAA number for aircraft) and name the applicator or trainees who did the actual applicationORS 634.146 (1) (h), (i)
- Records are kept on department-approved forms for at least three years from the application date and are available for inspection during business hours; an owner of treated field crops who asks gets a written statement within 40 daysORS 634.146 (1), (2), (3)
- At a school campus, written notice of a proposed application goes to parents, adult students and staff at least 24 hours ahead with the products, registration numbers, area, date and reason, and warning signs reading "Warning: pesticide-treated area" with the date, time and a contact phone stand from 24 hours before until at least 72 hours afterORS 634.740
- No product containing dinotefuran, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam or clothianidin may be applied, by any method, to linden, basswood or other Tilia treesOAR 603-057-0388
- A person claiming loss from a pesticide application must file a report of the loss within 60 days of the loss or its discovery (before half the crop is harvested for crop damage) before suing the operator or landownerORS 634.172 (1)
What the Oregon record holds
Write down who the pesticide was applied for, roughly where, the date and approximate time, who supplied the pesticides, each product's trade name and strength, the amount or concentration, the specific property treated, a summary of the equipment used, and the names of everyone who did the actual application.
Your full name and pesticide applicator license number go on legibly. When an apprentice or immediately supervised trainee applies, both their name and license number and the supervising applicator's appear on the record.
Three years, open during business hours
Keep records on department-approved forms for at least three years and have them ready for the department to review during business hours. An owner of field crops who asks gets a written statement of the application within 40 days. Anyone claiming a loss from an application has to report it within 60 days before suing.
Schools and linden trees
At a school, notice of a planned application goes out at least 24 hours ahead with the products, their registration numbers, the area, date and reason, and warning signs stand from 24 hours before until at least 72 hours after. Outside, four neonicotinoids (dinotefuran, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and clothianidin) may never go on linden, basswood or other Tilia trees, by any method.
From the truck to a finished Oregon record
Note whose stock the product came from, the sprayer or duster you used, the label strength, and who actually applied it. ReportDraft fills Oregon's supplier and equipment lines, keeps trade name and strength together, and adds the supervisor's name and number when a trainee did the work.
Common mistakes
- Leaving off who supplied the pesticides.
- Giving the product name but not its strength.
- No summary of the equipment used.
- A trainee's application with no supervising applicator named.
- Treating a linden tree with an imidacloprid product.
Sources
- OAR 603-057-0130 (3), checked October 14, 2026
- OAR 603-057-0130 (4), checked October 14, 2026
- ORS 634.146 (1) (a) to (c), checked October 14, 2026
- ORS 634.146 (1) (d), checked October 14, 2026
- ORS 634.146 (1) (e) to (g), checked October 14, 2026
- ORS 634.146 (1) (h), (i), checked October 14, 2026
- ORS 634.146 (1), (2), (3), checked October 14, 2026
- ORS 634.740, checked October 14, 2026
- OAR 603-057-0388, checked October 14, 2026
- ORS 634.172 (1), checked October 14, 2026
Last reviewed October 14, 2026. Next review due January 14, 2027. This page explains published rules to help you write your report. It is not legal advice; the official text linked above governs.