Curing of default - Good faith claim of failure to provide minimum services.

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A. A tenant shall be allowed to cure a default in a forcible entry and detainer action in the following instance:

The default of the tenant was due to unpaid rent which was unpaid due to the good faith claim of a tenant that the landlord failed to provide the minimum services required by subsection C of Section 121 of Title 41 of the Oklahoma Statutes; provided that written notice of said claim or actual notice to the landlord's agent for collecting rent is provided within ten (10) days of the date that rent became due.

B. In such instance, the order of the court must recite that the tenant by paying the judgment including court costs and attorney fees, by cash or cashier's check, within seventy-two (72) hours can avoid a writ of execution, cure the breach and remain in the premises.

Added by Laws 1990, c. 172, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.


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