{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-41-41-130.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 41, § 41-130.1","heading":"Death of tenant - Disposition of personal property","body":"A. Upon written request of a landlord, the landlord's tenant\n\nshall:\n\n1. Provide the landlord with the name, address, and telephone\n\nnumber of a person to contact in the event of the tenant's death;\n\nand\n\n2. Sign a statement authorizing the landlord in the event of\n\nthe tenant's death to:\n\na. grant to the person designated under paragraph 1 of\n\nthis subsection access to the premises at a reasonable\n\ntime and in the presence of the landlord or the\n\nlandlord's agent,\n\nb. allow the person designated under paragraph 1 of this\n\nsubsection to remove any of the tenant's property\n\nfound at the leased premises, and\n\nc. refund the tenant's security deposit, less lawful\n\ndeductions, to the person designated under paragraph 1\n\nof this subsection.\n\nB. A tenant may, without request from the landlord, provide the\n\nlandlord with the information specified in subsection A of this\n\nsection.\n\nC. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, in the\n\nevent of the death of a tenant who is the sole occupant of a rental\n\ndwelling:\n\n1. The landlord may remove and store all property found in the\n\ntenant's leased premises;\n\n2. The landlord shall turn over possession of the property to\n\nthe person who was designated by the tenant under subsection A or B\n\nof this section or to any other person lawfully entitled to the\n\nproperty if the request is made prior to the property being\n\ndiscarded pursuant to paragraph 5 of this subsection;\n\n3. The landlord shall refund the tenant's security deposit,\n\nless lawful deductions, including the cost of removing and storing\n\nthe property, to the person designated under subsection A or B of\n\nthis section or to any other person lawfully entitled to the refund;\n\n4. Any person who removes property from the tenant's leased\n\npremises shall sign an inventory of the property being removed at\n\nthe time of removal and submit the signed inventory to the landlord;\n\nand\n\n5. The landlord may discard the property removed by the\n\nlandlord from the tenant's leased premises if:\n\na. the landlord has mailed a written request by certified\n\nmail, return receipt requested, to the person\n\ndesignated under subsection A or B of this section,\n\nrequesting that the property be removed,\n\nb. the person failed to remove the property by the\n\nthirtieth day after the postmark date of the notice,\n\nand\n\nc. the landlord, prior to the date of discarding the\n\nproperty, has not been contacted by anyone claiming\n\nthe property.\n\nD. In a written lease or other agreement, a landlord and a\n\ntenant may agree to a procedure different than the procedure in this\n\nsection for removing, storing, or disposing of property in the\n\nleased premises of a deceased tenant.\n\nE. If a tenant, after being furnished with a notice of request,\n\nknowingly violates subsection A of this section by failing to\n\nprovide the required information and statement, the landlord shall\n\nhave no responsibility after the tenant's death for removal,\n\nstorage, disappearance, damage, or disposition of property in the\n\ntenant's leased premises.\n\nF. If a landlord, after being furnished with a copy of this\n\nsection, knowingly violates subsection C of this section, the\n\nlandlord shall be liable to the estate of the deceased tenant for\n\nactual damages.","path":["OK Code","Title 41"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os41.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"2a4f4032d10f715a46e4a2bf95c4be28b99f7b52a61d7614c0ea563c3acf25ad","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-41-41-130","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-41-41-131"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}