An act relating to landlord and tenant, the official text

1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

3 HOUSE BILL 3389            By: Clinton

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to landlord and tenant; providing

    that a landlord may require either a pet deposit or a

8   pet fee for tenants that own a pet; prohibiting pet

    rent; providing for codification; and providing an

9   effective date.

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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

13  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 62 of Title 41, unless there is

15 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

16  A. A landlord may charge a tenant who has a pet the following:

17  1. A pet deposit: Which is a deposit that covers actual

18 damages caused by an animal. The deposit shall be:

19  a. refundable;

20  b. a one-time payment;

21  c. damage-based, meaning if the damages does not exceed

22              the deposit amount the unused portion of the deposit

23              shall be refunded to the tenant; and

24  d. held in escrow.

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1   2. Pet Fee: A pet fee shall be:

2   a. nonrefundable:

3   b. a one-time payment charged solely because a pet will

4   live on the leased premises;

5   C. not tied to actual damages; and

6   D. not be charged in addition to pet deposit.

7   B. A landlord may not charge pet rent. Pet rent is a recurring

8 payment for having a pet on the leased premises.

9   SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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