Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 15-501
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Liability and lien of keeper of an inn or boarding house
Official statutory text
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
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 15. Contracts Page 105
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.
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
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 15. Contracts Page 105
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.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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