Okla. Stat. tit. 6, § 6-1310
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Lien of lessor, special remedies and proceedings for
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nonpayment of rent.
The lessor shall have a lien upon the contents of the lessee's
box for past due rentals and any expense incurred in opening of the
box and replacement of locks thereon where the same is done without
fault of the lessor. If the lessee fails to pay the rental due and
such default continues for sixty (60) days, the lessor may give the
lessee thirty (30) days' notice by certified mail addressed to the
lessee at the address shown on the lessor's records or the last-
known address of the lessee, stating the amount due and that on or
after the day designated in the notice it may open the box, remove
the contents thereof and hold the same for the account of the
lessee. The opening of the box shall be witnessed by not less than
two persons, one of which shall be an officer of the lessor, who
shall make an inventory under oath of the contents thereof, and
thereupon the contents shall be placed in a package and held by the
lessor as a bailee for hire. If the lessee makes no demand for the
contents within one (1) year after the same have been removed from
the box, the lessor may advertise and sell the same, the sale to be
made at the time and place designated in the notice which shall be
published in one issue of a newspaper having a general circulation
in the city or town wherein the business of the lessor is situated,
the publication to be not less than ten (10) days prior to the date
fixed for the sale. A copy of the notice shall be mailed to the
lessee at the last-known address of the lessee by certified mail.
The notice shall show the name of the lessee but it shall not be
necessary to describe the articles to be sold, except those that
have an intrinsic value, if there shall be posted, not less than ten
(10) days prior to the sale, in or about the lessor, in a
conspicuous place, a copy of the notice of sale and a copy of the
inventory made upon opening of the box. The contents of any number
of boxes may be sold under one notice of sale and the cost thereof
apportioned ratably to the several lessees involved. At the time
and place designated in the notice the contents taken from each
respective box shall be sold separately to the highest bidder for
cash and the proceeds of each sale shall be applied to the rentals
and expenses due the lessor and the residue from any sale held by
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies Page 179
the lessor for the account of the lessee. At any such sale the
lessor may be the purchaser. If any lessee or his or her heirs,
administrator or executor, shall not make demand upon the lessor
within five (5) years after the date of the sale, for such surplus,
then the surplus shall be presumed abandoned and administered in
accordance with the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. The lessor may,
at its option, turn the property over to the State Treasurer prior
to the expiration of the five-year abandonment period.
The lessor shall have a lien upon the contents of the lessee's
box for past due rentals and any expense incurred in opening of the
box and replacement of locks thereon where the same is done without
fault of the lessor. If the lessee fails to pay the rental due and
such default continues for sixty (60) days, the lessor may give the
lessee thirty (30) days' notice by certified mail addressed to the
lessee at the address shown on the lessor's records or the last-
known address of the lessee, stating the amount due and that on or
after the day designated in the notice it may open the box, remove
the contents thereof and hold the same for the account of the
lessee. The opening of the box shall be witnessed by not less than
two persons, one of which shall be an officer of the lessor, who
shall make an inventory under oath of the contents thereof, and
thereupon the contents shall be placed in a package and held by the
lessor as a bailee for hire. If the lessee makes no demand for the
contents within one (1) year after the same have been removed from
the box, the lessor may advertise and sell the same, the sale to be
made at the time and place designated in the notice which shall be
published in one issue of a newspaper having a general circulation
in the city or town wherein the business of the lessor is situated,
the publication to be not less than ten (10) days prior to the date
fixed for the sale. A copy of the notice shall be mailed to the
lessee at the last-known address of the lessee by certified mail.
The notice shall show the name of the lessee but it shall not be
necessary to describe the articles to be sold, except those that
have an intrinsic value, if there shall be posted, not less than ten
(10) days prior to the sale, in or about the lessor, in a
conspicuous place, a copy of the notice of sale and a copy of the
inventory made upon opening of the box. The contents of any number
of boxes may be sold under one notice of sale and the cost thereof
apportioned ratably to the several lessees involved. At the time
and place designated in the notice the contents taken from each
respective box shall be sold separately to the highest bidder for
cash and the proceeds of each sale shall be applied to the rentals
and expenses due the lessor and the residue from any sale held by
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies Page 179
the lessor for the account of the lessee. At any such sale the
lessor may be the purchaser. If any lessee or his or her heirs,
administrator or executor, shall not make demand upon the lessor
within five (5) years after the date of the sale, for such surplus,
then the surplus shall be presumed abandoned and administered in
accordance with the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. The lessor may,
at its option, turn the property over to the State Treasurer prior
to the expiration of the five-year abandonment period.
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