{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-15-15-451","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 15-451","heading":"Notice to true owner of wrongful detention","body":"A bailee who believes that a thing deposited with him is\n\nwrongfully detained from its true owner may give him notice of the\n\nbailment; and if, within a reasonable time afterwards, he does not\n\nclaim it, and sufficiently establish his right thereto, and\n\nindemnify the bailee against the claim of the bailor, the bailee is\n\nexonerated from liability to the person to whom he gave the notice,\n\nupon returning the thing to the bailor, or assuming, in good faith,\n\na new obligation changing his position in respect to the thing, to\n\nhis prejudice.","path":["OK Code","Title 15"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os15.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"f559c5fb5d1fda81ed597b83a088d3ba3ac3ec78136cef3eede51a252e8327e1","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-15-15-450","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-15-15-452"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}