Oklahoma Statutes - Title 41. Landlord and Tenant Page 29
reasonable and proper without liability to the tenant or any other
interested party.
C. The landlord shall store all personal property of the tenant
in a place of safekeeping and shall exercise reasonable care of the
property. The landlord shall not be responsible to the tenant for
any loss not caused by the landlord's deliberate or negligent act.
The landlord may elect to store the property in the dwelling unit
that was abandoned or surrendered by the tenant, in which event the
storage cost may not exceed the fair rental value of the premises.
If the tenant's property is removed to a commercial storage company,
the storage cost shall include the actual charge for the storage and
removal from the premises to the place of storage.
D. If the tenant removes the personal property within the time
limitations provided in this section, the landlord is entitled to
the cost of storage for the period during which the property
remained in the landlord's safekeeping plus all other costs that
accrued under the rental agreement.
E. The landlord may not be held to respond in damages in an
action by a tenant claiming loss by reason of the landlord's
election to destroy, sell or otherwise dispose of the property in
compliance with the provisions of this section. If, however, the
landlord deliberately or negligently violated the provisions of this
section, the landlord shall be liable for actual damages.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 257, § 30, eff. Oct. 1, 1978. Amended by
Laws 1983, c. 273, § 12, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1987, c. 218,
§ 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 138, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1988;
Laws 1989, c. 347, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1990, c. 88, § 1,
eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1995, c. 149, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1995;