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Landlord Alert: Tulsa City Council passes habitability Ordinance

by Brian Huddleston | Sep 12, 2023 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law

On September 10, 2023, Tulsa City Councilors passed an ordinance focused on improving living conditions and housing standards for Tulsa residents. The ordinance amends the city’s property maintenance code. The updated language lets code officials require landlords...

Victory on Appeal Again! Beeler vs. BONY

by Brian Huddleston | Aug 11, 2023 | Firm News, Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law

Huddleston Law Offices is pleased to announce that Brian Huddleston just won a successful appeal in a long fought real estate foreclosure case involving the application of 12 O.S.2011, Sec. 2025 and 12 O.S.2011, Sec. 2017. The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals issued...

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Benefits for Tenants

by Brian Huddleston | Dec 23, 2022 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law

The Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act (“SCRA”) is found at 50 U.S.C. app. §§ 501 et seq. The purpose of the SCRA is strengthen and expedite national defense by giving servicemembers certain protections in civil actions. By providing for the temporary...

Oklahoma Residential Landlord and Tenant Act “ORLTA” update

by Brian Huddleston | Aug 13, 2022 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law

LANDLORDS BEWARE! Oklahoma has a new law going into effect on November 1, 2022, that makes a major change to the ORLTA. The change is aimed at improving living conditions for renters by allowing renters to make extensive repairs to their rent houses and apartments if...

McCleary v. City of Broken Arrow Bd. of Adjustment, 2022 OK CIV APP 2 – YOU CAN’T CALL A CHICKEN A DUCK AND MAKE IT A DUCK

by Brian Huddleston | Mar 5, 2022 | Legislation & Case Notes

Facts: McCleary filed an application for a variance to allow her to store her recreational vehicle (RV), which she used in her photography business, in her driveway in violation of the Broken Arrow Zoning Code (the “Code”). The RV was registered with the Oklahoma Tax...

CASE ALERT: If an Oklahoma Residential Property Condition Disclosure Act exemption applies, the aggrieved buyer can pursue all common law remedies for the seller’s failure to disclose defects.

by Brian Huddleston | Feb 12, 2022 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law

Rickard v. Coulimore, 2022 OK 9 (Okla. 2022) In this Residential Property Condition Disclosure Act (RPCDA) case, the Oklahoma Supreme Court holds that residential property sold by the trustees a revocable living trust is entirely exempt from the RPCDA even when the...

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