A. If the dwelling unit or premises are damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty to an extent that enjoyment of the dwelling unit is substantially impaired, unless the impairment is caused by the deliberate or negligent act or omission of the tenant, a member of his family, his animal or pet or other person or animal on the premises with his consent, the tenant may:
1. Immediately vacate the premises and notify the landlord in writing within one (1) week thereafter of his intention to terminate the rental agreement, in which case the rental agreement terminates as of the date of vacating; or
2. If continued occupancy is possible, vacate any part of the dwelling unit rendered unusable by the fire or casualty, in which case the tenant's liability for rent is reduced in proportion to the diminution in the fair rental value of the dwelling unit.
B. If the rental agreement is terminated under this section the landlord shall return all deposits recoverable under Section 15 of this act and all prepaid and unearned rent. Accounting for rent in the event of termination or apportionment shall be made as of the date of the fire or other casualty.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 257, § 22, eff. Oct. 1, 1978.
Structure Oklahoma Statutes
§41-1. Who deemed tenant at will.
§41-2. Tenant holding over as tenant at will - Expiration of unwritten contract.
§41-3. Tenant holds from one period to another, when.
§41-4. Time of notice to terminate tenancy.
§41-5. Termination of tenancy from year to year.
§41-6. Notice to quit where rent not paid.
§41-7. Notice when rent not paid under tenancy for less than three (3) months.
§41-8. Notice to quit not required, when.
§41-9. Service of notice - Termination of tenancy.
§41-10. Tenant may not assign, when.
§41-11. Landlord may reenter after unauthorized assignment.
§41-12. Attornment unnecessary to conveyance.
§41-13. Attornment to stranger void.
§41-15. Rights of alienees of lessors and lessees.
§41-16. Rents from life grants.
§41-17. Recovery of arrears of rent from life grants after death.
§41-18. Rights and liabilities of executors and administrators.
§41-19. Occupants without contract liable for rent.
§41-20. Contribution by joint tenants.
§41-21. Joint tenant may recover his share of rents.
§41-22. Recovery for waste or trespass by remainderman.
§41-23. Farm rent lien on crop.
§41-26. Purchaser of crop with notice liable for rent.
§41-27. Landlord may have attachment, when.
§41-28. Attachment for rent lien on crops.
§41-30. Taxation of improvements.
§41-33. Lease presumed to be for one year.
§41-35. Continued possession renews the lease, when.
§41-36. Renewal of lease presumed unless notice of termination given.
§41-38. Duty of tenant in case of proceedings.
§41-40. Forfeiture of lease - Release from record - Penalty.
§41-51. Abandonment or surrender of nonresidential rental property - Definitions.
§41-104. Arrangements not covered by act.
§41-105. Mitigation of damages - Rights, obligations and remedies - Enforcement.
§41-107. Good faith performance or enforcement.
§41-108. Beneficial owner to maintain premises.
§41-111. Termination of tenancy.
§41-112. Duties of parties upon termination of tenancy.
§41-113.1. Denial or termination of tenancy because of guide, signal or service dog.
§41-113.2. Assistance animal – Reasonable housing accommodation request.
§41-113.3. Victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, or stalking.
§41-113a. Disclosure of flood or flooding problems in rental agreement.
§41-114. Alienees - Rights, obligations and remedies.
§41-115. Damage or security deposits.
§41-118. Duties of landlord and tenant.
§41-119. Conveyance of property - Attornment of tenant.
§41-120. Failure of landlord to deliver possession of dwelling unit to tenant.
§41-122. Damage to or destruction of dwelling unit - Rights and duties of tenant.
§41-123. Wrongful removal or exclusion from dwelling unit.
§41-125. Defective condition of premises - Report to landlord.
§41-126. Tenant's use and occupancy of premises - Rules and regulations.
§41-129. Tenant's breach of rental agreement - Wrongful abandonment.
§41-130.1. Death of tenant - Disposition of personal property.
§41-133. Lien on tenant's property.