§ 1148.10B.Curing of Default - Good Faith Claim of Failure to Provide Minimum Services
Chapter 20: Actions Regarding Real Property · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified August 3, 2026
In one sentenceSection 1148.10B lets a tenant avoid the writ of execution and cure a rent-based default within seventy-two hours by paying the judgment in cash or cashier's check, but only where the unpaid rent traces to a good-faith, timely-noticed claim that the landlord failed to provide minimum services.
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.
Amendment History
Added by Laws 1990, HB 2009, c. 172, § 1, eff. 9/1/1990.
Plain-English Summary
This section carves out a narrow cure right for a specific kind of default: unpaid rent that the tenant withheld because of a good-faith belief that the landlord failed to provide the minimum services Section 121(C) of Title 41 requires. That defense only works if the tenant gave written notice of the claim, or actual notice to the landlord's rent-collecting agent, within ten days after the rent came due.
Where that condition is met, the court's order has to say so explicitly: the tenant can avoid the writ of execution, cure the breach, and stay in the premises by paying the judgment -- including court costs and attorney's fees -- in cash or by cashier's check, within seventy-two hours.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a tenant avoid eviction by paying the judgment after losing the case?
Only in the specific situation this section covers: unpaid rent withheld over a good-faith claim that the landlord failed to provide minimum services, where the tenant gave timely notice of that claim.
How quickly does the tenant have to give notice of a minimum-services complaint?
Within ten days of the date the rent became due, by written notice or actual notice to the landlord's agent for collecting rent.
How much time does the tenant have to pay and cure the default?
Seventy-two hours from the court's order, and payment must be in cash or by cashier's check.
What must the tenant pay to cure the default?
The full judgment, including court costs and attorney's fees.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, enacted by the Oklahoma Legislature.
Last verified August 3, 2026.
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