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15 OK Stat § 15-503b (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-503b. Liability for loss of or damage to property of guest.

|Except as provided for in Section 2 of this act, whenever the proprietor, manager or operator of any hotel, apartment hotel or inn shall have complied with the provisions of Section 1 of this act such proprietor, manager or operator shall not be liable for the loss of or damage to personal property brought into such hotel, apartment hotel or inn by any of the guests thereof exceeding Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) in value, whether such loss or damage is occasioned by the negligence of such proprietor, manager or operator, or his, her or its servants, or employees or otherwise; nor shall such proprietor, manager or operator be liable for the loss of or damages to any merchandise samples or merchandise for sale unless the guests bringing such merchandise into such hotel, apartment hotel or inn shall have given such proprietor, manager or operator prior written notice of having the same in his possession, together with the value thereof, and receipt of which notice shall have been acknowledged in writing, but in no event shall such liability exceed the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each trunk and its contents; the sum of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) for each valise and its contents; the sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each package, box or bundle; the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for all other miscellaneous effects and property including wearing apparel, but in no event shall the total liability exceed the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), unless such proprietor, manager or operator shall have contracted in writing with such guest to assume a greater liability. In case of the loss of or damage to any property left in any hotel, apartment hotel or inn by a guest, after he has departed therefrom, and has ceased to be a guest thereof, the liability of such proprietor, manager or operator shall be that of "gratuitous bailee", and in such case the extent of such liability shall be limited to not more than the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00). In case of loss or damage to any property while being transported to or from any hotel, apartment hotel or inn by the proprietor, manager or operator thereof, for or on behalf of such guest, the liability of such proprietor, manager or operator shall be limited to the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each trunk and its contents; the sum of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) for each valise and its contents; the sum of Twenty Five Dollars ($25.00) for each package, box or bundle; the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for all other miscellaneous effects and property, including wearing apparel, but in no event shall such liability exceed the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), unless such proprietor, manager or operator shall have contracted in writing with such guest to assume a greater liability. |Laws 1939, p. 342, § 3.
15 OK Stat § 15-503c (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-503c. "Apartment hotel" defined.

|An apartment hotel, within the meaning of this act, includes a hotel wherein apartments are rented for fixed periods of time, either furnished or unfurnished, to the occupants of which the proprietor, manager or operator thereof supplies food, if required. |Laws 1939, p. 343, § 4.
15 OK Stat § 15-503d (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-503d. "Guest" defined.

|"Guest", within the meaning of this act, shall include transient guests, permanent guests, tenants, lodgers and patrons who have registered at and have been assigned a room in such hotel, apartment hotel or inn. |Laws 1939, p. 343, § 5.
15 OK Stat § 15-504 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-504. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Innkeeper Rights Act". |Added by Laws 1994, c. 79, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
15 OK Stat § 15-505 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-505. Definitions.

|As used in the Oklahoma Innkeeper Rights Act: |1. "Innkeeper" means:a.the owner of a lodging establishment,b.the operator of a lodging establishment,c.the manager of a lodging establishment, ord.the keeper of a lodging establishment;2. "Lodging establishment" means:a.a hotel,b.a motel,c.a resort,d.a bed and breakfast establishment,e.a boarding house,f.a furnished apartment house, org.other building which is kept, used or advertised as, or held out to the public to be, a place where sleeping or housekeeping accommodations are supplied for pay to guests for transient occupancy; and3. "Minor" means a person under the age of eighteen (18) years.Added by Laws 1994, c. 79, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
15 OK Stat § 15-506 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-506. Right to refuse accommodation - Financial guarantees - Limitation on number of occupants - Immunity.

|A. An innkeeper shall have the right to refuse or deny any accommodations, facilities or privileges of a lodging establishment to any person who is unwilling or unable to pay for accommodations and services of the lodging establishment. The innkeeper shall have the right to require the prospective guest to demonstrate their ability to pay by cash, valid credit card or a valid check. The innkeeper may require a parent of a minor or other responsible party to: |1. Accept in writing liability of the guest room costs, taxes, all charges by the minor and any damages to the guest room or its furnishings caused by the minor while a guest at the lodging establishment; and2. Provide the innkeeper with a valid credit card number to cover the guest room costs, taxes, charges by the minor and any damages to the guest room or its furnishings, caused by the minor; or3. Give the innkeeper:a.an advance cash payment to cover the guest room cost and taxes for all room nights reserved for the minor, andb.a cash deposit towards the payment of any charges of the minor or any damages to the guest room or its furnishings, which cash deposit will be refunded to the extent not used to cover any charges or damages as determined by the innkeeper following room inspection at check-out.B. A lodging establishment shall have the right to limit the number of persons who shall occupy any particular guest room in the lodging establishment.C. An innkeeper refusing or denying accommodations, facilities or privileges of a lodging establishment for any of the reasons specified in this section shall not be liable in any civil or criminal action or for any fine or penalty based upon the refusal or denial, except that accommodations, facilities or privileges of a lodging establishment shall not be refused or denied based upon the race, creed, color, national origin, sex, disability or marital status of a person.Added by Laws 1994, c. 79, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
15 OK Stat § 15-507 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-507. Damages.

|In an action involving damage to a lodging establishment room or its furnishings, the court may order the person who rented the lodging establishment room, the person who caused the damage to the lodging establishment room or the parent of the minor or other responsible party to do the following: |1. Pay restitution for any damages suffered by the owner or operator of the lodging establishment, which damages may include any loss of revenue suffered by the lodging establishment resulting from the inability of the innkeeper to rent or lease the room during the period of time the lodging establishment is being repaired; and2. Pay damages or restitution to any other person who is injured or whose property is damaged. The parents of other responsible parties shall be liable for acts of the minor in violation of this section which cause damages to the lodging establishment room or furnishings or cause injury to persons on the lodging establishment property.Added by Laws 1994, c. 79, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
15 OK Stat § 15-508 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-508. Ejection of guests.

|An innkeeper may eject a person from the lodging establishment premises for any of the following: |1. Nonpayment of the lodging establishment charges for accommodations or services;2. The minor is disorderly or visibly intoxicated, so as to create a public nuisance;3. The innkeeper reasonably believes that the minor is using the premises for unlawful purposes including, but not limited to, the unlawful use or possession of controlled substances or for the consumption of alcohol by any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years in violation of any statute, ordinance or regulation;4. Violations of any federal, state or local laws or regulations relating to the lodging establishment; or5. Violations of any rule of the lodging establishment which is posted in a conspicuous place and manner in the lodging establishment, however, no such rule may authorize the innkeeper to eject or to refuse or deny service or accommodations to a person because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, disability or marital status.Added by Laws 1994, c. 79, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
15 OK Stat § 15-509 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-509. Notice to guests.

|The innkeeper shall post a copy of the Oklahoma Innkeeper Rights Act together with all rules of the lodging establishment in a conspicuous place at or near the guest registration desk and on the inside of the entrance door of any guest room. |Added by Laws 1994, c. 79, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
15 OK Stat § 15-511 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-511. Finder a bailee, when.

|One who finds a thing lost is not bound to take charge of it; but if he does so, he is thenceforward a bailee for the owner, with the rights and obligations of a bailee for hire. |R.L.1910, § 1115.
15 OK Stat § 15-512 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-512. Finder must notify owner if known.

|If the finder of a thing knows or suspects who the owner is, he must, with reasonable diligence, give him notice of the finding; and if he fails to do so, he is liable in damages to the owner, and has no claim to any reward offered by him for the recovery of the thing, or to any compensation for his trouble or expenses. |R.L.1910, § 1116.
15 OK Stat § 15-513 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-513. Claimant must prove ownership.

|The finder of a thing may, in good faith, before giving it up, require reasonable proof of ownership from any person claiming it. |R.L.1910, § 1117.
15 OK Stat § 15-514 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-514. Compensation and reward for service.

|The finder of a thing is entitled to compensation for all expenses necessarily incurred by him in its preservation, and for any other service necessarily performed by him about it, and to a reasonable reward for keeping it. |R.L.1910, § 1118.
15 OK Stat § 15-515 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-515. Exoneration of finder from liability by storing with another.

|The finder of a thing may exonerate himself from liability at any time, by placing it on storage with any responsible person of good character, at a reasonable expense. |R.L.1910, § 1119.
15 OK Stat § 15-516 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-516. Finder may sell, when.

|The finder of a thing may sell it, if it is a thing which is commonly the subject of sale, when the owner cannot with reasonable diligence be found; or, being found, refuses upon demand to pay the lawful charges of the finder, in the following cases: |1. When the thing is in danger of perishing, or losing the greater part of its value; or,2. When the lawful charges of the finder amount to two-thirds of its value.R.L.1910, § 1120.
15 OK Stat § 15-517 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-517. Manner of sale.

|A sale under the provisions of the last section must be made in the same manner as the sale of a thing pledged. |R.L.1910, § 1121.
15 OK Stat § 15-518 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-518. Surrender of thing to finder.

|The owner of a thing found may exonerate himself from the claims of the finder by surrendering it to him in satisfaction thereof. |R.L.1910, § 1122.
15 OK Stat § 15-561 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-561. "Contract of sale," "person," defined.

|For the purpose of this Act, the term "contract of sale" shall be held to include sales purchases, agreements of sale, agreements to sell and agreements to purchase; that the word "person" wherever used in this act shall be construed to import the plural or singular, as the case demands, and shall include individuals, associations, partnerships and corporations. |Laws 1917, c. 97, p. 146, § 1.
15 OK Stat § 15-562 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-562. Contract of sale valid, when.

|All contracts of sales for future delivery of cotton, grain, stocks or other commodities (1) made in accordance with the rules of any board of trade, exchange or similar institution where such contracts of sale are executed and (2) actually executed on the floor of such board of trade, exchange or similar institution and performed or discharged according to the rules thereof; and (3) when such contracts of sale are placed with or through a regular member in good standing of a cotton exchange, grain exchange, board of trade or similar institution organized under the laws of the State of Oklahoma or any other state shall be, and they are hereby declared to be valid and enforceable in the courts of this state according to their terms. Provided, that contracts of sale for future delivery of cotton in order to be valid and enforceable as provided herein must not only conform to the requirements of clauses (1) and (2) of this section, but must also be made subject to the provisions of the United States Cotton Futures act, approved August 11th, 1916; provided further, that if this clause should for any reason be held inoperative then contracts for the future delivery of cotton shall be valid and enforceable if they conform to the requirements of clauses one and two of this section. |Laws 1917, c. 97, p. 146, § 2.
15 OK Stat § 15-563 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-563. Brokers - Parties liable.

|Any broker, agent or any other person making advances to or for account of any party to any contract falling within and satisfying the provisions of the preceding section shall be entitled to recover the amount of such advances from the party to, or for account of whom, the advances were made. |Laws 1917; c. 97, p. 147, § 3.
15 OK Stat § 15-564 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-564. Contract of sale - When invalid.

|Any contract of sale for the future delivery of cotton, grain, stocks or other commodities, which is to be settled according to or upon the basis of the public market quotations or prices made on any board of trade, exchange or similar institutions, upon which contracts of sale for future delivery are executed and dealt in without any actual bonifide execution and the carrying out or discharge of such contracts upon the floor of such exchange, board of trade, or similar institution in accordance with the rules thereof, shall be null and void and unenforceable in any court of this state, and no action shall lie thereon at the suit of any party thereto. |Laws 1917, c. 97, p. 147, § 4.
15 OK Stat § 15-565 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-565. Bucket shops defined and prohibited.

|A "bucket shop" is hereby defined to be and mean any place of business wherein are made contracts of the sort or character denounced by the preceding Section 4, of this act, and the maintenance or operation of a bucket shop at any point in this state is hereby prohibited. |Laws 1917, c. 97, p. 147, § 5.
15 OK Stat § 15-566 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-566. Prima facie evidence of illegality of contract and operation of bucketshop.

|Every person shall furnish upon demand to any principal for whom such person has executed any contract of sale for the future delivery of any cotton, grain, stocks or other commodities a written instrument setting forth the name and location of the exchange, board of trade or similar institution upon which such contract has been executed, the date of execution of the contract and the name and address of the persons with whom such contract was executed and if such person shall refuse or neglect to furnish such statement upon reasonable demand, such refusal or neglect shall be prima facie evidence that such contract was an illegal contract within the provisions of Section 4, of this act, and that the person who executed it was engaged in the maintenance and operation of a "bucket shop" within the provisions of Section 7, of this act. |Laws 1917, c. 97, p. 147, § 6.
15 OK Stat § 15-567 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-567. Punishment for violations - Second offenses - Forfeiture of corporate charters.

|Any person, either as agent or principal, who enters into or assists in making any contracts of sale of the sort of character denounced by Section 564 of this title for the future delivery of cotton, grain, stocks or other commodities, or who maintains or operates a bucket shop as that term is defined in Section 565 of this title, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary not exceeding two (2) years, and any person who shall be guilty of a second offense under this statute in addition to the penalty above prescribed may, upon conviction, be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court, and if a corporation, it shall be liable to forfeiture of all its rights and privileges as such, and the continuance of such establishment after the first conviction shall be deemed a second offense. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to institute proceedings for the forfeiture of the charter of any corporation making itself liable to such forfeiture under the provisions of this act. |Added by Laws 1917, c. 97, p. 148, § 7. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 133, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 60, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 133 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
15 OK Stat § 15-568 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-568. Organization of exchanges, boards of trade, and similar institutions - Rules and regulations - Inspection of books.

|There may be organized in any city in the State of Oklahoma voluntary associations to be known as cotton exchanges, grain exchanges, boards of trade or similar institutions to receive and post quotations on cotton, grain, stocks, bonds and other commodities for the benefit of its members and other persons engaged in the production of cotton, grain and other commodities. Such associations shall be composed of not less than forty (40) members and shall adopt a uniform set of rules and regulations not incompatible with the laws, as are usual for such associations. They shall open their books to the inspection of proper courts and officers of the law when required. |Laws 1917, c. 97, p. 148, § 8.
15 OK Stat § 15-569 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-569. Market quotations and news, right to receive and post - Delivery, etc., contemplated.

|Only members of cotton exchanges, grain exchanges, boards of trade or similar institutions organized under the laws of Oklahoma or any other State may provide for their use and the use of their clients, private or public wires from cities in Oklahoma in which such cotton exchanges, grain exchanges, boards of trade, or similar institutions are located to other cities without the State of Oklahoma, where cotton exchanges, grain exchanges, boards of trade, or similar institutions are operated, and may receive over such private or public wires and post for their own use and that of their clients and of any person engaged in the production of cotton, grain or other commodities, market quotations and market news, covering cotton, grain, stocks and other commodities, and transmit for execution contracts of sale for future delivery. In all cases it is contemplated that the delivery of the commodity, purchased or sold, as the case may be, will be carried out by the person or his successor or assignee. Or that the contract for delivery thereof will be performed or discharged according to the rules of the exchange, board of trade, or similar institutions where the contract is executed. |Laws 1917, c. 97, p. 148, § 9.
15 OK Stat § 15-570 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-570. Partial invalidity of act.

|If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this act shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence or paragraph or part thereof directly involved in the controversy, in which such judgment shall have been rendered; and any contract valid under and satisfying the requirements of the remaining clauses, sentences, paragraphs or parts of this act shall be valid and enforceable in the courts of the State. |Laws 1917, c. 97, p. 149, § 11.
15 OK Stat § 15-598.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-598.1. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Unfair Sales Act". |Added by Laws 1949, p. 103, § 1, emerg. eff. May 18, 1949. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 331, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
15 OK Stat § 15-598.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-598.3. Sales below cost prohibited in certain cases.

|It is hereby declared that any advertising, offer to sell, or sale of any merchandise, either by retailers or wholesalers, at less than cost as defined in the Unfair Sales Act with the intent and purpose of inducing the purchase of other merchandise or of unfairly diverting trade from a competitor or otherwise injuring a competitor, impair and prevent fair competition, injure public welfare, are unfair competition and contrary to public policy and the policy of the Unfair Sales Act, where the result of such advertising, offer or sale is to tend to deceive any purchaser or prospective purchaser, or to substantially lessen competition, or to unreasonably restrain trade, or to tend to create a monopoly in any line of commerce. |Added by Laws 1949, p. 105, § 3, emerg. eff. May 18, 1949. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 331, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
15 OK Stat § 15-598.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-598.4. Punishment for sales below cost.

|Any retailer who shall, in contravention of the policy of the Unfair Sales Act, advertise, offer to sell or sell at retail any item of merchandise at less than cost to the retailer as defined in this act; or any wholesaler who shall in contravention of the policy of the Unfair Sales Act, advertise, offer to sell, or sell at wholesale any item of merchandise at less than cost to the wholesaler as defined in the Unfair Sales Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). |Added by Laws 1949, p. 105, § 4, emerg. eff. May 18, 1949. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 331, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.