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40 OK Stat § 40-801v1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-801v1. Voluntary Veterans' Preference Employment Policy Act.

|THIS TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOV. 1, 2020. FOR TEXT EFFECTIVE BEGINNING NOV. 1, 2020, SEE OS 40-801v2. |A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Voluntary Veterans' Preference Employment Policy Act".B. As used in this section:1. "DD 214" means United States Department of Defense Form 214 or a similarly effective form issued by the Department relating to separation from military service;2. "Private employer" means a business entity in the private sector of this state with one or more employees;3. "Veteran" means a person who served on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States who was discharged or released with an honorable discharge; and4. "Veterans' preference employment policy" means a private employer's voluntary preference for hiring, promoting or retaining a veteran over another qualified applicant or employee.C. A private employer may have a voluntary veterans' preference employment policy. The policy:1. Shall be in writing; and2. Shall be applied uniformly to employment decisions regarding hiring, promotion or retention during a reduction in force.D. An employer may require that a veteran submit a DD 214 to a private employer with a veterans' preference employment policy to be eligible for the preference.E. The granting of a veterans' preference pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be deemed to violate any local or state equal employment opportunity law or regulation.F. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall assist any private employer in determining if an applicant is a veteran to the extent permitted by law.Added by Laws 2015, c. 45, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
40 OK Stat § 40-801v2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-801v2. Voluntary Veterans' Preference Employment Policy Act.

|THIS TEXT EFFECTIVE BEGINNING NOV. 1, 2020. FOR TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOV. 1, 2020, SEE OS 40-801v1. |A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Voluntary Veterans' Preference Employment Policy Act".B. As used in this section:1. "DD 214" means United States Department of Defense Form 214 or a similarly effective form issued by the Department relating to separation from military service;2. "Private employer" means a business entity in the private sector of this state with one or more employees;3. "Veteran" means a person who served on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States who was discharged or released with an honorable discharge and registered with the veterans registry created by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; and4. "Veterans' preference employment policy" means a private employer's voluntary preference for hiring, promoting or retaining a veteran over another qualified applicant or employee.C. A private employer may have a voluntary veterans' preference employment policy. The policy:1. Shall be in writing; and2. Shall be applied uniformly to employment decisions regarding hiring, promotion or retention during a reduction in force.D. An employer may require that a veteran submit a DD 214 to a private employer with a veterans' preference employment policy to be eligible for the preference.E. The granting of a veterans' preference pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be deemed to violate any local or state equal employment opportunity law or regulation.F. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall assist any private employer in determining if an applicant is a veteran to the extent permitted by law.Added by Laws 2015, c. 45, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 229, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
41 OK Stat § 41-1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-1. Who deemed tenant at will.

|Any person in the possession of real property, with the assent of the owner, is presumed to be a tenant at will, unless the contrary is shown, except as herein otherwise provided. |R.L. 1910, § 3783.
41 OK Stat § 41-2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-2. Tenant holding over as tenant at will - Expiration of unwritten contract.

|When premises are let for one or more years, and the tenant, with the assent of the landlord, continues to occupy the premises after the expiration of the term, such tenant shall be deemed to be a tenant at will; provided, that no lease or rental contract of premises shall be continued, unless the original contract was in writing, and all other lease or contracts shall expire by limitation with the calendar year, without notice. |R.L. 1910, § 3784; Laws 1910-11, c. 64, p. 146, § 1.
41 OK Stat § 41-3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-3. Tenant holds from one period to another, when.

|When rent is reserved, payable at intervals of three (3) months or less, the tenant shall be deemed to hold from one period to another, equal to the intervals between the days of payment, unless there is an express contract to the contrary. |R.L. 1910, § 3785.
41 OK Stat § 41-4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-4. Time of notice to terminate tenancy.

|Thirty (30) days' notice in writing is necessary to be given by either party before he can terminate a tenancy at will, or from one period to another, of three (3) months or less; but where in any case rent is reserved, payable at intervals of less than thirty (30) days, the length of notice need not be greater than such interval between the days of payment. |R.L. 1910, § 3786.
41 OK Stat § 41-5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-5. Termination of tenancy from year to year.

|All tenancies from year to year, may be determined by at least three (3) months' notice, in writing, given to the tenant prior to the expiration of the year. |R.L. 1910, § 3787.
41 OK Stat § 41-6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-6. Notice to quit where rent not paid.

|If a tenant, for a period of three (3) months or longer, neglect or refuse to pay rent when due, ten (10) days' notice in writing to quit, shall determine the lease, unless such rent be paid before the expiration of said ten (10) days. |R.L. 1910, § 3789.
41 OK Stat § 41-7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-7. Notice when rent not paid under tenancy for less than three (3) months.

|If a tenant, for a period of less than three (3) months, shall neglect or refuse to pay rent when due, five (5) days' notice, in writing, to quit, shall determine the lease, unless such rent be paid before the expiration of said five (5) days. |R.L. 1910, § 3790.
41 OK Stat § 41-8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-8. Notice to quit not required, when.

|When the time for the termination of a tenancy is specified in the contract, or where a tenant at will commits waste, or in the case of a tenant by sufferance, and in any case where the relation of landlord and tenant does not exist, no notice to quit shall be necessary. |R.L. 1910, § 3791.
41 OK Stat § 41-9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-9. Service of notice - Termination of tenancy.

|The notice to terminate the tenancy required in this chapter may be served on the tenant, or, if he cannot be found, by delivering the same to some person over the age of twelve (12) years, residing on the premises, having first made known to such person the contents thereof; or, if service cannot be made by the use of reasonable diligence on the tenant or on any person over the age of twelve (12) years residing on the premises, the same may be served by posting said notice at some conspicuous place on the building on said premises and if there be no buildings on said premises then said notice shall be posted at some conspicuous place on said premises and if said notice is posted, a copy of said notice shall be mailed to the tenant at his last-known address by registered mail and such notice shall operate to terminate the tenancy at the end of the period after the date of such posting and mailing that it would have been terminated by personal service of such notice on the date of such posting and mailing; provided, that in no event shall such posting and mailing terminate any tenancy within a period of less than ten (10) days from the date of such posting and mailing. |R.L. 1910, § 3792; Laws 1941, p. 169, § 1.
41 OK Stat § 41-10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-10. Tenant may not assign, when.

|No tenant for a term not exceeding two (2) years, or at will, or by sufferance, shall assign or transfer his term or interest, or any part thereof, to another, without the written assent of the landlord or person holding under him. |R.L. 1910, § 3793.
41 OK Stat § 41-11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-11. Landlord may reenter after unauthorized assignment.

|If any tenant shall violate the provisions of the preceding section, the landlord, or person holding under him, after giving ten (10) days' notice to quit possession, shall have a right to reenter the premises and take possession thereof, and dispossess the tenant, subtenant or undertenant. |R.L. 1910, § 3794.
41 OK Stat § 41-12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-12. Attornment unnecessary to conveyance.

|A conveyance of real estate, or of any interest therein, by landlord, shall be valid without the attornment of the tenant; but the payment of rent by the tenant to the grantor, at any time before notice of sale, given to said tenant, shall be good against the grantee. |R.L. 1910, § 3795.
41 OK Stat § 41-13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-13. Attornment to stranger void.

|The attornment of a tenant to a stranger shall be void, and shall not affect the possession of his landlord unless it be made with the consent of the landlord, or pursuant to a judgment at law, or the order or decree of a court. |R.L. 1910, § 3796.
41 OK Stat § 41-14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-14. Rights of sublessees.

|Sublessees shall have the same remedy upon the original covenant against the principal landlord, as they might have had against their immediate lessor. |R.L. 1910, § 3797.
41 OK Stat § 41-15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-15. Rights of alienees of lessors and lessees.

|Alienees of lessors and lessees of land shall have the same legal remedies in relation to such lands as their principal. |R.L. 1910, § 3798.
41 OK Stat § 41-16 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-16. Rents from life grants.

|Rents from lands granted for life or lives may be recovered as other rents. |R.L. 1910, § 3799.
41 OK Stat § 41-17 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-17. Recovery of arrears of rent from life grants after death.

|A person entitled to rents dependent on the life of another, may recover arrears unpaid at the death of that other. |R.L. 1910, § 3800.
41 OK Stat § 41-18 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-18. Rights and liabilities of executors and administrators.

|Executors and administrators shall have the same remedies to recover rents, and be subject to the same liabilities to pay them, as their testators and intestates. |R.L. 1910, § 3801.
41 OK Stat § 41-19 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-19. Occupants without contract liable for rent.

|The occupant of any lands, without special contract shall be liable for the rent to any person entitled thereto. |R.L. 1910, § 3802.
41 OK Stat § 41-20 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-20. Contribution by joint tenants.

|If a joint tenant, or tenant in common, or tenant in coparcenary, have, by consent, management of the estate, and make repairs and improvements with the knowledge, and without objection, of his cotenant or coparcener, such cotenant or coparcener shall contribute ratably thereto. |R.L. 1910, § 3803.
41 OK Stat § 41-21 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-21. Joint tenant may recover his share of rents.

|A joint tenant, or tenant in common, or tenant in coparcenary, may maintain an action against his cotenant or coparcener, or their personal representatives, for receiving more than his just proportion of the rents and profits. |R.L. 1910, § 3804.
41 OK Stat § 41-22 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-22. Recovery for waste or trespass by remainderman.

|A person seized of an estate in remainder or reversion may maintain an action for waste or trespass, for injury to the inheritance, notwithstanding an intervening estate for life or years. |R.L. 1910, § 3805.
41 OK Stat § 41-23 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-23. Farm rent lien on crop.

|Any rent due for farming land shall be a lien on the crop growing or made on the premises. Such lien may be enforced by action and attachment therein, as hereinafter provided. |R.L. 1910, § 3806.
41 OK Stat § 41-24 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-24. Crop rent.

|When any such rent is payable in a share or certain proportion of the crop, the lessor shall be deemed the owner of such share or proportion, and may, if the tenant refuse to deliver him such share or proportion, enter upon the land and take possession of the same, or obtain possession thereof by action of replevin. |R.L. 1910, § 3807.
41 OK Stat § 41-26 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-26. Purchaser of crop with notice liable for rent.

|The person entitled to rent may recover from the purchaser of the crop, or any part thereof, with notice of the lien, the value of the crop purchased, to the extent of the rent due and damages. |R.L. 1910, § 3808.
41 OK Stat § 41-27 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-27. Landlord may have attachment, when.

|When any person who shall be liable to pay rent (whether the same be due or not, if it be due within one (1) year thereafter, and whether the same be payable in money or other things), intends to remove, or is removing, or has, within thirty (30) days, removed, his property, or his crops, or any part thereof, from the leased premises, the person to whom the rent is owing may commence an action, and upon making an affidavit stating the amount of rent for which such person is liable, and one or more of the above facts, and executing an undertaking as in other cases, an attachment shall issue in the same manner and with the like effect as is provided by law in other actions. |R.L. 1910, § 3809.
41 OK Stat § 41-28 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-28. Attachment for rent lien on crops.

|In an action to enforce a lien on crops for rent of farming lands, the affidavit for attachment shall state that there is due from the defendant to the plaintiff a certain sum, naming it, for rent of farming lands, describing the same, and that the plaintiff claims a lien on the crop made on such land. Upon making and filing such affidavit and executing an undertaking as prescribed in the preceding section, an order of attachment shall issue as in other cases, and shall be levied on such crop, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and all other proceedings in such attachment shall be the same as in other actions. |R.L. 1910, § 3810.
41 OK Stat § 41-30 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-30. Taxation of improvements.

|All improvements put on leased lands, that do not become a part of the realty, shall be assessed to the owner of such improvements as personal property; and the taxes imposed on such improvements shall be collected by levy and sale of the interest of such owner, the same as in all other cases of the collection of taxes on personal property. |R.L. 1910, § 3812.
41 OK Stat § 41-33 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-33. Lease presumed to be for one year.

|A lease of real property, other than lodgings, in places where there is no usage on the subject, is presumed to be for one (1) year from its commencement, unless otherwise expressed in the lease. |R.L. 1910, § 3815.
41 OK Stat § 41-35 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-35. Continued possession renews the lease, when.

|If a lessee of real property remains in possession thereof, after the expiration of the lease and the lessor accepts rent from him, the parties are presumed to have renewed the lease on the same terms and for the same time, not exceeding one (1) year. |R.L. 1910, § 3817.
41 OK Stat § 41-36 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-36. Renewal of lease presumed unless notice of termination given.

|A lease of real property, for a term not specified by the parties, is deemed to be renewed, as stated in the last section, at the end of the term implied by law, unless one of the parties gives notice to the other of his intention to terminate the same, at least as long before the expiration thereof as the term of the lease itself, not exceeding one (1) month. |R.L. 1910, § 3818.
41 OK Stat § 41-37 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-37. Rent payable, when.

|When there is no contract or usage to the contrary, the rent of agricultural and wild land is payable yearly at the end of each year. Rents of lodgings are payable monthly at the end of each month. Other rents are payable quarterly at the end of each quarter from the time the hiring takes effect. The rent for shorter period than the periods herein specified is payable at the termination of such period. |R.L. 1910, § 3819.
41 OK Stat § 41-38 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-38. Duty of tenant in case of proceedings.

|Every tenant who receives notice of any proceeding to recover the real property occupied by him or the possession thereof must immediately inform his landlord of the same, and also deliver to the landlord the notice, if in writing, and is responsible to the landlord for all damages which said landlord may sustain by reason of any omission to inform him of the notice, or to deliver it to him if in writing. |R.L. 1910, § 3820.
41 OK Stat § 41-40 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-40. Forfeiture of lease - Release from record - Penalty.

|When any lease on land heretofore or hereafter taken shall have become forfeited, it shall be the duty of the lessee, his, her, or their heirs, successors, assigns or legal representatives, within sixty (60) days from the date this act shall take effect, if such forfeiture occurs prior thereto, and within sixty (60) days from date of forfeiture of any and all other leases, to have such leases released from record in the county where such land is situated, without cost to the owner or owners thereof; and upon failure to make such release, the owner or owners of the land under lease may notify in writing the holder of the record title to such lease, that the same has become forfeited and demand a release of record of such lease, as herein provided; and if the owner or holder of such lease, or the officer, agent, or other persons whose duty it is to release such lease, shall fail or neglect to release same within thirty (30) days after demand to release has been made in writing, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). |Laws 1915, c. 248, § 1.
41 OK Stat § 41-51 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-51. Abandonment or surrender of nonresidential rental property - Definitions.

|As used in this act: |1. "Landlord" means the owner, lessor or sublessor of a nonresidential rental property, but does not mean an “owner” as defined by Section 192 of Title 42 of the Oklahoma Statutes;2. “Nonresidential rental property” means any land or building which is rented or leased to a tenant for other than residential purposes and the rental agreement of which is not regulated under the provisions of the Oklahoma Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Section 101 et seq. of Title 41 of the Oklahoma Statutes or the Self-Service Storage Facility Lien Act, Section 191 et seq. of Title 42 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and3. "Tenant" means any person entitled under a rental agreement to occupy the nonresidential rental property.Added by Laws 1988, c. 138, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 212, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
41 OK Stat § 41-61 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-61. Computation of time.

|The time within which an act is to be done, as provided for in Title 41 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last day. If the last day is a legal holiday as defined by Section 82.1 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes, it shall be excluded. The provisions of this section are hereby declared to be a clarification of the law as it existed prior to the effective date of this act and shall not be considered or construed to be a change of the law as it existed prior to the effective date of this act. Any action or proceeding arising under Title 41 of the Oklahoma Statutes prior to the effective date of this act for which a determination of the period of time prescribed by this section is in question or has been in question due to the enactment of Section 20, Chapter 293, O.S.L. 1999, shall be governed by the method for computation of time as prescribed by this section. |Added by Laws 2000, c. 260, § 3, emerg. eff. June 1, 2000.
41 OK Stat § 41-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-101. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Residential Landlord and Tenant Act". |Added by Laws 1978, c. 257, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1978.
41 OK Stat § 41-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-103. Application of act.

|A. Except as otherwise provided in this act, this act applies to, regulates and determines rights, obligations and remedies under a rental agreement, wherever made, for a dwelling unit located within this state. |B. Any agreement, whether written or oral, shall be unenforceable insofar as said agreement, or any provision thereof, conflicts with any provision of this act.Added by Laws 1978, c. 257, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1978.
41 OK Stat § 41-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-104. Arrangements not covered by act.

|Unless created to avoid the application of this act, the following arrangements are not governed by this act: |1. Residence at an institution, public or private, if incidental to detention or the provision of medical, geriatric, educational, counseling, religious or similar service;2. Occupancy under a contract of sale or contract for deed of a dwelling unit or of the property of which it is a part, if the occupant is the purchaser or a person who succeeds to his interest;3. Occupancy by a member of a fraternal or social organization in a structure operated for the benefit of the organization;4. Transient occupancy in a hotel, motel or other similar lodging;5. Occupancy by an owner of a condominium unit or a holder of a proprietary lease in a cooperative; and6. Occupancy under a rental agreement covering premises used by the occupant primarily for agricultural purposes.Added by Laws 1978, c. 257, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 1978.
41 OK Stat § 41-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 41. Landlord and Tenant|§41-105. Mitigation of damages - Rights, obligations and remedies - Enforcement.

|A. An aggrieved party under the provisions of this act has a duty to mitigate damages. |B. Any right, obligation or remedy declared by this act is enforceable in any court of appropriate jurisdiction including small claims court and may be prosecuted as part of an action for forcible entry or detainer unless the provision declaring it specifies a different and limited effect. In any action for breach of a rental agreement or to enforce any right or obligation provided for in this act, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees.Added by Laws 1978, c. 257, § 5, eff. Oct. 1, 1978.