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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 1769 By: Thompson
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to contracts; defining terms;
7 allowing certain owners to make certain requirement;
8 allowing for certain cancellation of certain
8 agreement; requiring certain platforms to provide
9 certain option; providing for codification; and
9 providing an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 520 of Title 12, unless there is
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15 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 A. As used in this act:
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17 1. "Guest" means a person other than the renter whose stay at a
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18 property is included in an agreement through a short-term rental
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19 platform for a short-term rental between the owner and the renter;
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20 2. "Owner" means any person whose ownership interest appears on
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21 the most recently filed deed or instrument recorded with the county
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22 clerk in the county where the property is located;
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23 3. "Renter" means any person who has entered into an agreement
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24 through a short-term rental platform for a short-term rental;
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1 4. "Short-term rental" means any lease, license, or agreement
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2 allowing occupancy of a residential property, or a portion of a
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3 residential property, for less than thirty (30) consecutive days in
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4 exchange for compensation; and
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5 5. "Short-term rental platform" means any online marketplace,
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6 website, application, digital service, or other similar platform
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7 that advertises, lists, brokers, or facilitates bookings of short-
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8 term rentals.
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9 B. 1. Any owner who utilizes his or her property as a short-
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10 term rental property in this state may, after the agreement for a
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11 short-term rental has been completed between the renter and such
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12 owner, require the submission of a photograph or other digital
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13 representation of the identification of such renter and any
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14 associated guests, provided that the owner informs the renter of
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15 such requirement prior to the agreement being completed.
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16 2. An owner who finds a discrepancy between the information
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17 submitted by a renter in the agreement for a short-term rental and
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18 the identification provided by such renter shall have the right to
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19 cancel such agreement without penalty.
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20 C. Any short-term rental platform operating in this state shall
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21 allow the option for owners to request identification, as provided
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22 for in paragraph 1 of subsection B of this section, and to cancel
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23 agreements without penalty, as provided for in paragraph 2 of
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24 subsection B of this section.
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1 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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