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Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 15-501: Liability and lien of keeper of an inn or boarding house

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  2. Title 15

An innkeeper or keeper of a boarding house is liable for all

losses of, or injuries to, personal property placed by his guests or

boarders under his care, unless occasioned by an irresistible

superhuman cause, by a public enemy, by the negligence of the owner,

or by the act of someone whom he brought into the inn or boarding

house, and upon such property the innkeeper or keeper of a boarding

house has a lien and a right of detention for the payment of such

amount as may be due him for lodging, fare, boarding, or other

necessaries by such guest or boarder; and the said lien may be

enforced by a sale of the property in the manner prescribed for the

sale of pledged property.

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