Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1951
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in the Oklahoma Rental-Purchase Act:
1. "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Department of
Consumer Credit as designated in Section 6-501 of Title 14A of the
Oklahoma Statutes;
2. "Advertisement" means any commercial message in any medium
that promotes, directly or indirectly, a consumer rental-purchase
agreement;
3. "Consummation" means the time a lessee becomes contractually
obligated on a consumer rental-purchase agreement;
4. "Displayed or offered primarily for rental-purchase" means
personal property displayed or offered at a physical location which
derives fifty percent (50%) or more of its revenue from rental-
purchase agreements;
5. "Initial fee" means any fee charged to initiate a contract
however designated;
6. "Initial period" means from the date of inception to the
first scheduled renewal payment;
7. "Lessee" means a natural person who rents personal property
under a consumer rental-purchase agreement;
8. "Lessor" means a person who regularly provides the use of
property through consumer rental-purchase agreement; and
9. "Rental-purchase agreement" means an agreement for the use
of personal property by a consumer for personal, family, or
household purposes, for an initial period of four (4) months or
less, that is renewable with each payment after the initial period,
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and that permits the consumer to become the owner of the property.
An agreement that complies with this definition is not a consumer
credit sale as defined in Section 2-104 of Title 14A of the Oklahoma
Statutes, or a consumer loan as defined in Section 3-104 of Title
14A of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a refinancing or consolidation
thereof, or a consumer lease as defined in Section 2-106 of Title
14A of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a lease or agreement which
constitutes a security interest as defined in paragraph (35) of
subsection (b) of Section 1-201 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma
Statutes or a lease or agreement which constitutes a sale of goods
as defined in subsection (4) of Section 2-105 of Title 14A of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
1. "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Department of
Consumer Credit as designated in Section 6-501 of Title 14A of the
Oklahoma Statutes;
2. "Advertisement" means any commercial message in any medium
that promotes, directly or indirectly, a consumer rental-purchase
agreement;
3. "Consummation" means the time a lessee becomes contractually
obligated on a consumer rental-purchase agreement;
4. "Displayed or offered primarily for rental-purchase" means
personal property displayed or offered at a physical location which
derives fifty percent (50%) or more of its revenue from rental-
purchase agreements;
5. "Initial fee" means any fee charged to initiate a contract
however designated;
6. "Initial period" means from the date of inception to the
first scheduled renewal payment;
7. "Lessee" means a natural person who rents personal property
under a consumer rental-purchase agreement;
8. "Lessor" means a person who regularly provides the use of
property through consumer rental-purchase agreement; and
9. "Rental-purchase agreement" means an agreement for the use
of personal property by a consumer for personal, family, or
household purposes, for an initial period of four (4) months or
less, that is renewable with each payment after the initial period,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 1393
and that permits the consumer to become the owner of the property.
An agreement that complies with this definition is not a consumer
credit sale as defined in Section 2-104 of Title 14A of the Oklahoma
Statutes, or a consumer loan as defined in Section 3-104 of Title
14A of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a refinancing or consolidation
thereof, or a consumer lease as defined in Section 2-106 of Title
14A of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a lease or agreement which
constitutes a security interest as defined in paragraph (35) of
subsection (b) of Section 1-201 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma
Statutes or a lease or agreement which constitutes a sale of goods
as defined in subsection (4) of Section 2-105 of Title 14A of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
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