Okla. Stat. tit. 41 § 130.1

A. Upon written request of a landlord, the landlord's
tenant shall:
1. Provide the landlord with the name, address, and
telephone number of a person to contact in the event of the tenant's death;
and
2. Sign a statement authorizing the landlord in the
event of the tenant's death to:
a. grant to the person designated under paragraph 1
of this subsection access to the premises at a reasonable time and in the
presence of the landlord or the landlord's agent,
b. allow the person designated under paragraph 1 of
this subsection to remove any of the tenant's property found at the leased
premises, and
c. refund the tenant's security deposit, less lawful
deductions, to the person designated under paragraph 1 of this
subsection.
B. A tenant may, without request from the landlord,
provide the landlord with the information specified in subsection A of this
section.
C. Except as provided in subsection D of this
section, in the event of the death of a tenant who is the sole occupant of a
rental dwelling:
1. The landlord may remove and store all property
found in the tenant's leased premises;
2. The landlord shall turn over possession of the
property to the person who was designated by the tenant under subsection A or B
of this section or to any other person lawfully entitled to the property if the
request is made prior to the property being discarded pursuant to paragraph 5 of
this subsection;
3. The landlord shall refund the tenant's security
deposit, less lawful deductions, including the cost of removing and storing the
property, to the person designated under subsection A or B of this section or to
any other person lawfully entitled to the refund;
4. Any person who removes property from the tenant's
leased premises shall sign an inventory of the property being removed at the
time of removal and submit the signed inventory to the landlord; and
5. The landlord may discard the property removed by
the landlord from the tenant's leased premises if:
a. the landlord has mailed a written request by
certified mail, return receipt requested, to the person designated under
subsection A or B of this section, requesting that the property be
removed,
b. the person failed to remove the property by the
thirtieth day after the postmark date of the notice, and
c. the landlord, prior to the date of discarding the
property, has not been contacted by anyone claiming the property.
D. In a written lease or other agreement, a landlord
and a tenant may agree to a procedure different than the procedure in this
section for removing, storing, or disposing of property in the leased premises
of a deceased tenant.
E. If a tenant, after being furnished with a notice
of request, knowingly violates subsection A of this section by failing to
provide the required information and statement, the landlord shall have no
responsibility after the tenant's death for removal, storage, disappearance,
damage, or disposition of property in the tenant's leased premises.
F. If a landlord, after being furnished with a copy
of this section, knowingly violates subsection C of this section, the landlord
shall be liable to the estate of the deceased tenant for actual
damages.