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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1326 By: Coleman
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to liens; amending 42 O.S. 2021,
7 Sections 196 and 197.1, which relate to the Self-
8 Service Storage Facility Lien Act; permitting
8 electronic delivery and acceptance of rental
9 agreements; providing for mode of acceptance in
9 certain circumstance; providing timeline for disposal
10 and sale of certain property; providing notice
10 requirements; making language gender neutral;
11 updating statutory language; updating statutory
11 references; and providing an effective date.
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 42 O.S. 2021, Section 196, is
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16 amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 196. A. Where a rental agreement, as defined in
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18 Section 192 of this title, is entered into between the owner and the
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19 occupant, the owner of a self-service storage facility and his or
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20 her heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns have a
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21 lien upon all personal property located at the self-service storage
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22 facility for rent, late fees, labor, or other charges, present or
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23 future, in relation to the personal property and for expenses
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24 necessary for its preservation or expenses reasonably incurred in
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1 its sale or other disposition pursuant to the Self-Service Storage
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2 Facility Lien Act. A rental agreement may be delivered and accepted
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3 electronically.
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4 B. The lien attaches as of the date the personal property is
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5 brought to the self-service storage facility and continues so as
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6 long as the owner retains possession and until the default is
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7 corrected, or a sale is conducted, or the property is otherwise
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8 disposed of to satisfy the lien.
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9 C. A facility or unit owner may charge a tenant a reasonable
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10 late fee for each period that the tenant does not pay rent due under
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11 the rental agreement. The amount of the late fee and the conditions
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12 for imposing such a fee shall be stated in the rental agreement or
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13 in an addendum to the agreement. For purposes of this subsection, a
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14 late fee not to exceed the greater of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) or
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15 twenty percent (20%) of unpaid rent is considered reasonable.
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16 D. The rental agreement shall contain a provision directing the
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17 occupant to disclose any lienholders with an interest in property
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18 that is or will be stored in a self-service storage facility.
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19 E. If the personal property is a vehicle, watercraft, or
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20 trailer and rent and other charges remain unpaid the occupant is in
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21 default for sixty (60) days, the facility owner may have the
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22 vehicle, watercraft, or trailer towed from the self-service storage
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23 facility. If the vehicle, watercraft, or trailer is towed from the
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24 self-service storage facility, the facility owner shall not be
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1 liable for the vehicle, watercraft, or trailer or for any damages to
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2 the vehicle, watercraft, or trailer once the towing company takes
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3 possession of the property.
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4 F. If the occupant fails to sign a rental agreement within
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5 thirty (30) days of the delivery of the written agreement from the
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6 owner to the occupant by in-person delivery, first-class mail to the
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7 last-known address of the occupant, or, if mutually agreed between
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8 the owner and occupant in the rental agreement or in an addendum to
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9 the rental agreement, by electronic mail, the occupant's payment of
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10 rent or continued use of the storage space shall be deemed an
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11 acceptance of the rental agreement. The rental agreement shall be
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12 enforceable against the occupant as if it had been signed by the
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13 occupant.
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14 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 42 O.S. 2021, Section 197.1, is
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15 amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 197.1. A. If the occupant abandons or surrenders
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17 possession of the self-service storage facility and leaves has left
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18 household goods, furnishings, fixtures, or any other personal
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19 property in the self-service storage facility at the end of the
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20 rental agreement, the owner may take possession of the property, and
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21 if, in the judgment of the owner, the property has no ascertainable
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22 or apparent value, the owner may dispose of the property without any
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23 duty of accounting or any liability to any party.
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1 B. If the occupant abandons or surrenders possession of the
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2 self-service storage facility and leaves has left household goods,
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3 furnishings, fixtures, or any other personal property in the self-
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4 service storage facility for a period of thirty (30) days or longer
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5 following the end of the rental agreement, the owner may take
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6 possession of the property, and if, in the judgment of the owner the
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7 property has an ascertainable or apparent value, such property left
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8 with the owner for a period of thirty (30) days or longer shall be
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9 conclusively determined to be abandoned and as such the owner may
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10 dispose of said the property in any manner which he or she deems
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11 reasonable and proper without liability to the occupant or any other
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12 interested party; however, before the property is disposed of, the
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13 owner shall provide written notice to the occupant, by certified
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14 mail with return receipt requested or by first-class mail, and the
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15 owner may dispose of the property fifteen (15) days after the owner
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16 receives the return receipt document or fifteen (15) days after the
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17 owner receives a communication from the United States Post Office
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18 that the written notice was not claimed by the addressee, whichever
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19 period occurs first has delivered the notice.
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20 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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