Oregon: 2 business days before you dig.
Oregon Utility Notification Center (Oregon 811) · OAR ch. 952 div. 1, §§952-001-0010, 952-001-0050
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A waiting period is not always permission. Some states also require that every operator has answered before you break ground, and some require you to mark your own dig path first. Where we have read that requirement, it is in the notes on this page. Where this page is silent, we have not checked it yet — silence here is not the same as absence. We are working through the rest and dating each one as it lands.
Notice before you break ground
2 business days
Two to ten full business days — full 24-hour days. File after 5 p.m. and it counts as 12:00 a.m. the next business day.
Tolerance zone
24" each side
Worth knowing in Oregon
Ticket life was cut from 45 days to 30 effective 2026-01-01. The anchor is not stated cleanly, so no date is shown — assume 30 days and confirm.
Common questions about digging in Oregon
- How much notice do you have to give before digging in Oregon?
- 2 business days before you break ground, through Oregon Utility Notification Center (Oregon 811). Two to ten full business days — full 24-hour days. File after 5 p.m. and it counts as 12:00 a.m. the next business day.
- What is the tolerance zone in Oregon?
- 24" each side.
Check it yourself
Every figure here was read off OAR ch. 952 div. 1, §§952-001-0010, 952-001-0050, not off a summary — summaries of these get the unit wrong, and the unit is usually a weekend. Read the source.
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