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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-21-109. Taxation of annexed territory.

A. Tracts of land in excess of forty (40) acres which are annexed to a municipality and used for industrial or commercial purposes shall not be subject to ad valorem taxes at the municipal rate. Tracts of annexed land in excess of five (5) acres which are used by persons engaged in farming or ranching, and all farm animals and livestock, and all agricultural implements and machinery and household goods located on the land, shall not be subject to municipal taxes unless the municipality furnishes services to these tracts as are ordinarily furnished to municipal residents. Tracts of land with an area of width no greater than three hundred twenty-six (326) feet at the widest point which are annexed to a municipality shall not be subject to municipal taxes, unless such tracts are annexed pursuant to paragraph 2 of subsection A of Section 21-103 of this title. No land which is used for agricultural purposes may be taken within the limits of a town and taxed at a greater rate than land which is adjacent to but outside the town limits.
B. The revenue and taxation ordinances of any municipality and the licensing and regulatory authority of any municipality shall not apply or extend to any military installation located on federal property which has been annexed in part or in whole by a municipality on or after July 1, 1998, except to the following extent. The sales, use and occupancy tax ordinances of a municipality shall be applicable and extend to the part or whole of the military installation on federal property annexed on or after July 1, 1998, but the applicability of such ordinances shall be limited to activities on the military installation engaged in by the private sector involving the sale of goods and services taxable under the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code, the storage, use or other consumption of tangible property taxable under the Oklahoma Use Tax Code, and the occupancy of hotel/motel rooms for rent whether received in money or otherwise.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-109, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 119, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2007, c. 362, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2014, c. 320, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-21-110. Detachment of municipal territory - Procedure.

A. Territory may be detached from the corporate limits of a municipality by the governing body when:
1. An ordinance of the governing body so directs; or
2. A petition requesting detachment, signed by at least three-fourths (3/4) of the registered voters and by the owners of at least three-fourths (3/4), in value, of the property to be detached, is filed with the governing body.
Only land which is within the limits of the municipality and upon its border and not laid out in lots and blocks, or land which had been annexed to a municipality, may be detached by petition.
B. Petitioners for detachment of municipal territory shall comply with the following procedures:
1. A true and complete unsigned copy of the petition requesting detachment shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality before it is circulated and signed by at least three-fourths (3/4) of the registered voters and by the owners of at least three-fourths (3/4), in value, of the property to be detached, as required by subsection A of this section;
2. Signed copies of the petition requesting detachment shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality within ninety (90) days after the initial filing of the unsigned copy with the clerk; and
3. Notice of the filing of the signed petition requesting detachment with the clerk of the municipality shall be given in the same manner provided for petitions requesting annexation.
Failure to comply with the notice requirement or the other procedures set forth in this subsection shall render the petition for detachment insufficient and no action thereon shall be required by the clerk or governing body of the municipality.
C. When signed copies of the petition requesting detachment are timely filed with the clerk of the municipality, the clerk shall determine the sufficiency of the signatures appearing on the petition. The clerk shall then publish, in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, a notice of the filing and the apparent sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition. Within ten (10) days following the publication, the governing body of the municipality shall hold a public hearing on the petition requesting detachment and take such action thereon as the governing body deems appropriate, which may include approval, denial, or deferral.
D. Appeal to the district court concerning any action by the clerk or governing body of the municipality on a petition requesting detachment shall be in the same manner provided for petitions requesting annexation.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-110, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 343, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-21-111. Liability of detached territory.

Any lands detached from a municipality and the owners thereof shall be liable to the municipality only for the cost of public improvements which may have been constructed on the detached lands at the expense of the municipality. The municipality shall have no claim upon nor collect any tax from the detached territory for any public debt or the cost of any public improvements which have not been expended directly upon the detached lands.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-111, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-21-112. Record regarding territory annexed or detached.

When any territory is annexed to or detached from a municipality, whether by ordinance or court order, the mayor shall file and record a duly certified copy of the ordinance or court order, together with an accurate map or plat of the territory, in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the territory, or the greater portion of it, is located and with the Ad Valorem Division of the Oklahoma Tax Commission. The record in the office of the county clerk shall be conclusive evidence of such annexation or detachment.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-112, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 314, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-21-113. Annexation of unoccupied property for road and bridge construction.

Upon proper notification, a municipality may annex any unoccupied property of an owner who is not a resident of this state which is adjacent or contiguous to property already within the municipal limits for the sole purpose of constructing roads and/or bridges which are provided for in the comprehensive plan of the municipality, if such owner does not object to the annexation within thirty (30) days of the publication and mailing of such notice. For purposes of this subsection, notice shall be given by posting a copy of the notice on the subject property, by publication in a legally qualified newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the property to be annexed is located and by certified mail to the owner of such property as shown by the current year's tax rolls in the county treasurer's office.
Added by Laws 1990, c. 215, § 4, emerg. eff. May 18, 1990.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-21-114. Petition to annex unincorporated territory enclosed by boundaries of other municipality - District court action.

A. The majority of the owners of a subdivision or property owners located in unincorporated territory which is enclosed by the boundaries of a municipality may petition for annexation in writing to another municipality if:
1. The width of the boundary is less than twenty (20) feet; and
2. The property is contiguous to the other municipality except for the boundary.
B. The governing body of the other municipality may grant the petition after notifying the enclosing municipality in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to adoption of the annexation ordinance. The boundary of the enclosing municipality shall recede to the extent of the annexation. The enclosing municipality at any time may reestablish its boundary within unincorporated territory enclosed by it on or after July 1, 2001. The enclosing municipality may bring an action in district court to invalidate the annexation. If the district court finds that the conditions for annexation exist and that the enclosing municipality has not demonstrated a substantial governmental interest in the use of the property, it shall uphold the annexation.
Added by Laws 1991, c. 57, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 150, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-21-115. Inclusion of territory in public records or notices – Presumption of validity.

In the event any territory has been included within public records or public notices describing the corporate boundaries of a municipality for purposes of an election or ad valorem tax assessment of the municipality for five (5) consecutive years, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the territory is situated within the municipality. The public records and public notices shall be evidence of the jurisdiction of the municipality over the territory in all suits by or against the municipality.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 220, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-21-121. Furnishing retail electric service to certain electric consuming facilities prohibited.

Except as provided in this section, municipal corporations or public trusts thereof, the Grand River Dam Authority, rural electric cooperatives or investor-owned electric utilities shall not furnish retail electric service to an electric consuming facility which is currently being served, or which was being served and the electric facilities are in place to render such a service, by a municipal corporation or public trust thereof, the Grand River Dam Authority, a rural electric cooperative or an investor-owned electric utility unless the entities involved have agreed by mutual consent, in writing, to such transaction. For purposes of this section, the term "electric consuming facility" means everything that utilizes electric energy from a central station source.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 26, § 1, emerg. eff. March 30, 1989. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 245, § 1, emerg. eff. May 21, 1992; Laws 1998, c. 391, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-21-201. Municipalities subject to inundation - Acquiring new townsite.

When fifty percent (50%) or more of the area of a municipality shall be liable to inundation by the construction of a lake, reservoir or other body of water, and the municipal governing body determines that it is impracticable to annex adjacent or contiguous terrritory which is necessary for the municipality, the governing body may acquire a new site for the municipality.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-201, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-21-202. Approval of plat - Special election.

The owners of a tract of land located not more than ten (10) miles from the nearest limits of the municipality, or located at any greater distance which is reasonable under the circumstances in order to secure the most desirable site, may present to the governing body a plat of the tract of land prepared in the same manner as a plat for a proposed municipal incorporation. The governing body shall examine the plat and may require amendments and changes as it deems expedient. If the governing body finds that the area contained in the plat is a suitable and desirable site for the municipality, it shall call for a special election on the question of whether the territory comprised within the plat shall be annexed to the municipality and serve as the new site for the municipality.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-202, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-21-203. Approval of annexation - Recording of resolution and plat.

If a majority of the votes cast in the election are in favor of annexation of the territory and relocation of the municipality, the governing body shall so declare by resolution, and a copy of the resolution and the plat shall be filed for record in the office of the county clerk and the office of the Secretary of State. If part or all of the territory comprised within the new site is located in a county other than that in which the municipality is located, the resolution and plat shall be recorded in each county. Upon the date of the filing of the resolution and the plat, the territory shall be annexed to and be the site of the municipality.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-203, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-21-204. New boundaries of the municipality.

All portions of land within the original boundaries of the municipality shall continue to be within its limits and subject to its governmental authority. The governing body may, in the interest of the public or the owners of such land, detach any territory embraced within its original limits in the manner provided by law for the detachment of municipal territory.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-204, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-21-205. Additional powers of governing body in relocating municipality.

In relocating a municipality subject to inundation, the governing body may also:
1. Provide by ordinance for the acquisition of a new site through the exercise of the right of condemnation in the manner provided by law for municipalities, or by negotiated purchases or in any other lawful manner;
2. Provide for the reimbursement of owners of the annexed property through the issuance of bonds in the manner provided by law for cities and towns, and hold any necessary bond election together with the special election on the question of annexation and relocation, or through the encumbrance of the acquired property or in any other lawful manner;
3. Provide for the administration of the annexed property, including, but not limited to, the authority to zone and other similar and usual powers for regulating use and development of realty and the power to provide for and regulate the sale of lots and excess property, if any, and to enact ordinances as will facilitate the orderly and equitable relocation of the municipality; and
4. Act in concert with, or deal with, any private person, agency, nonprofit corporation, governmental body or agency or other appropriate entity in the accomplishment of these ends.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 21-205, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-21-222. Condemnation proceedings relating to rural electric cooperatives or electric public utilities - Moratorium - Implementation of retail consumer choice contingency.

There is hereby declared a moratorium on all municipal condemnation proceedings instituted pursuant to Section 437.2 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes, initiated prior to the enactment of electric restructuring enabling legislation and the implementation of consumer choice of retail electric energy suppliers. The moratorium shall also apply to all municipalities or public trusts thereof which attempt to condemn the facilities of electric public utilities or rural electric cooperatives for the purpose of utilizing such facilities for the delivery of electric power and energy. The moratorium shall remain in effect until the enactment of electric restructuring enabling legislation and implementation of consumer choice of retail electric energy suppliers. Upon such enactment of electric restructuring enabling legislation and implementation of consumer choice of retail electric energy suppliers, the municipal condemnation provisions authorizing municipalities with electric utilities to condemn the facilities of rural electric cooperatives contained in Section 437.2 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes is hereby repealed. The moratorium provided for herein shall have prospective and retroactive application.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 391, § 2, emerg. eff. June 10, 1998. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 397, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-101. Corporate powers of municipalities.

All incorporated municipalities shall be bodies corporate and politic, and shall have the powers to:
1. Sue and be sued;
2. Purchase and hold real and personal property for the use of the municipality;
3. Sell and convey any real or personal property owned by the municipality and make orders respecting the same as may be conducive to the best interests of the municipality;
4. Make all contracts and do all other acts in relation to the property and affairs of the municipality, necessary to the good government of the municipality, and to the exercise of its corporate and administrative powers; and
5. Exercise such other powers as are or may be conferred by law.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 22-101, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-101.1. Political activities by municipal employees - Restrictions.

Municipal employees may attend and express their views at city council meetings, or any other public meetings of municipal entities.
Any municipal employee may actively participate in partisan and nonpartisan political activities. Provided, the political activity in which the employee participates shall be exercised only during off-duty hours and while not in uniform. Any federal statutes restricting the political activities of certain municipal employees shall supersede the provisions of thissection as to such employees. Municipal corporations may establish employment requirements requiring municipal employees to refrain from filing as a candidate for public office while employed by said municipality.
Amended by Laws 1983, c. 276, § 1, emerg. eff. June 24, 1983.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-102. Proof of legal organization or ordinances - Recovery of costs and attorney fees.

A. If a suit is instituted by a municipality, the municipality shall not be required to post bond or to show its compliance with any of the provisions of law as to its organization or publication of ordinances unless the same is controverted by affidavit.
B. A municipality shall be entitled to recover its costs and attorneys fees on the same terms and in the same manner as any other party.
Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 38, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-103. Service of notice or process on municipality.

Any notice or process affecting a municipality shall be served upon the municipal clerk, or in his or her absence then upon a deputy municipal clerk and upon the mayor.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 22-103, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 39, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 2007, c. 362, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-105. Condemnation of private property.

Private property may be taken for public use, or for the purpose of giving a right-of-way or other privilege for any necessary purpose, in the manner provided by law; but in every case the municipality shall make adequate compensation to the person or persons whose property shall be taken or injured thereby as provided by law.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 22-105, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-106. License tax on occupations - Authority to levy and collect - Penalties.

A. A municipal governing body may levy and collect a license tax on auctioneers, contractors, druggists, hawkers, peddlers, bankers, brokers, pawnbrokers, merchants of all kinds, grocers, confectioners, restaurants, butchers, taverns, public boarding houses, billiard tables, bowling alleys, and other amusement devices, drays, hacks, carriages, omnibuses, carts, wagons and other vehicles used in the municipality for pay, hay scales, lumber dealers, furniture dealers, saddle or harness dealers, stationers, jewelers, livery stable keepers, real estate agents, express companies or agencies, telegraph companies or agencies, shows, theatres, all kinds of exhibitions for pay, also photographers, photographers' agents, agents of all kinds and solicitors. The taxes so levied and collected shall be applied for the use and benefit of the municipality as the governing body may direct.
B. All scientific and literary lectures and entertainments shall be exempt from license taxation, and also all concerts and musical or other entertainments given exclusively by the citizens of the municipality.
C. The governing body may establish penalties for any failure to observe the license provisions or to pay the tax provided for by ordinance.
D. A municipal body which levies and collects a license tax on licensed plumbing, electrical and mechanical contractors pursuant to subsection A of this section, may only assess the tax on the licensed contractor and shall not levy or collect such tax on a licensed journeyman or apprentice. The amount of tax assessed shall be determined by the municipalities based on the number of licensed journeymen or apprentices under the supervision of the licensed contractor.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 22-106, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 318, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-107. Licenses and fees regulated by ordinance - Expiration - Issuance - Seal - Exchange of information for collecting of state and local taxes.

Municipal licenses and license fees shall be regulated by ordinance. A municipality may establish such license requirements as it deems appropriate in the exercise of its police power and may provide that each applicant supply his state sales tax identification number or proof of exemption pursuant to the provisions of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Any license issued by the governing body shall expire no later than one (1) year after the date of its issuance or on June 30 of each year. No license may be issued until the amount prescribed therefor is paid to the municipal treasurer. No license in any case may be assigned or transferred. Licenses shall be signed as provided for by ordinance. The clerk shall affix the corporate seal of the municipality to the license. A municipality and the Oklahoma Tax Commission may exchange information to further the collection or enforcement of state and local taxes. The municipality and the officers and employees of the municipality shall preserve the confidentiality of such information in the same manner and be subject to the same penalties as provided for by Section 205 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, provided that the municipal prosecutor and other municipal enforcement personnel may receive all information necessary to enforce municipal sales tax ordinances or licensing ordinances.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 22-107, eff. July 1, 1978; Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 41, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-107.2. Sellers of video services.

A. Unless otherwise specifically prohibited by law, a seller of video services may assess a late fee on delinquent accounts having an unpaid balance of Twelve Dollars ($12.00) or more.
B. The seller of video services shall conspicuously disclose, in the contract for service and on each statement or invoice, the terms on which a late fee may be assessed by the seller including the amount of the fee.
C. No late fee shall be assessed which exceeds Six Dollars ($6.00) or five percent (5%) of the unpaid amount, whichever is greater.
D. Prior to collecting a late fee, the seller shall give notice to the customer by first class mail to the customer's last known billing address as shown on the records of the seller of the amount of the delinquency at least ten (10) days prior to the date the fee will be imposed. The notice shall conspicuously state the place and address for making payment, the date on which the late fee will be imposed, and the amount of the late fee.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 352, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 47, § 2, emerg. eff. April 12, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-108. Power to suppress gaming and gambling.

The municipal governing body may enact ordinances to restrain, prohibit, and suppress games and gambling houses, bowling alleys, pool and billiard tables, and other gambling tables. The powers granted to municipalities in this section shall not be construed to repeal any gambling law now on the statute books, but shall be cumulative only.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 22-108, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-109. Disorderly houses and public indecencies.

The municipal governing body may enact ordinances to restrain, prohibit, and suppress houses of prostitution and other disorderly houses and practices, and all kinds of public indecencies. No municipal officer shall accept or receive any hush money, or any money or valuable things, from any person or persons engaged in any such business or practice, or grant any immunity or protection against a rigid enforcement of the laws and ordinances enacted to restrain, prohibit and suppress any such business or practice.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 22-109, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-109.1. Location of adult novelty shops.

A. As used in this act:
1. "Adult novelty shop" means a commercial establishment that displays, sells, or offers for sale instruments, devices, or paraphernalia designed or marketed primarily for use to stimulate human genital organs or for use in connection with sadomasochistic practices; and
2. "Sadomasochistic practices" means flagellation or torture by or upon a person clothed or naked, or the condition of being fettered, bound, or otherwise physically restrained on the part of one so clothed or naked.
B. The location of an adult novelty shop shall be subject to the nondiscriminatory zoning ordinances of the town or city in which located, and the location of such entities is specifically prohibited within one thousand (1,000) feet of:
1. Any building primarily and regularly used for worship services and religious activities;
2. Any public or private school;
3. Any public park or playground;
4. Any public library; or
5. Any land zoned or used for residential purposes.
Provided, that if any such building used for worship and religious activities, any public or private school, any public park or playground, any public library or any land zoned or used for residential purposes shall be established within one thousand (1,000) feet of any such premises after the premises have been established, this shall not be a bar to the continuation of the business so long as it has been in continuous force and effect. The distance indicated in this subsection shall be measured from the nearest property line of such church or school to the nearest public entrance door of the premises of the adult novelty shop along the street right-of-way line providing the nearest direct route usually traveled by pedestrians between such points. For purposes of determining measured distance, property situated on the opposite side of the street from such church or school shall be considered as if it were located on the same side of the street with such church or school.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 225, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-110. Riots, assaults and disturbances, etc. - Firearms and fireworks.

A. The municipal governing body may regulate or prohibit riots, assaults, batteries, petty larceny, disturbances or disorderly assemblies, and immoral or indecent shows, exhibitions or concerts, in any street, house or place in the municipality; and may regulate, punish, and prevent the discharge of firearms, rockets, powder, fireworks, or other dangerously combustible material in the streets, lots, grounds, alleys or about, or in the vicinity of any buildings. The governing body may also regulate the carrying of firearms or other deadly weapons, concealed or otherwise, as provided for in Section 1289.24 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. No municipality shall regulate by order, resolution, ordinance, regulation, or other legislation prohibiting the transport of fireworks, in their unopened original packaging in a motor vehicle within the municipal limits. No municipality shall adopt or continue in effect resolutions, ordinances, or regulations prohibiting the transport of fireworks in their unopened original packaging by a motor vehicle. Local orders, resolutions, ordinances, regulations, or legislation in violation of this section are void and unenforceable.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 22-110, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 28, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 2006, c. 306, § 1, eff. July 1, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-110.1. Registration of real property prohibited.

A. For purposes of promoting commerce and the equitable treatment of the citizens of this state, the registration of any real property by any municipality is declared to be a statewide concern and shall be prohibited pursuant to subsection B of this section.
B. No municipality shall enact or attempt to enforce through fees, civil fines or criminal penalties any ordinance, rule or regulation to require the registration of real property. Any ordinance, rule or regulation contrary to the provisions of this section, whether enacted prior to or after August 22, 2014, is declared null and void and unenforceable against every owner, purchaser, assignee, lessee, mortgagee or beneficiary of any interest in the real property.
C. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a municipality from creating a list of the property owners or the designees of property owners of residential, commercial or leased real property to ensure the public safety and welfare of its citizens.
Additionally, for the purpose of addressing public nuisances, dilapidated properties or other unlawful conduct in accordance with their general police powers, municipal governments may require:
1. Contact information of persons or entities responsible for emergency contracts and property maintenance for property outlined in this subsection; or
2. The name of a person or entity authorized to receive notice and service of process for property outlined in this subsection, along with their contact information.
Municipal governments shall not collect a fee to administer the collection of information authorized in this section.
D. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a municipality from enacting and enforcing rules and regulations to require real property owners to comply with the provisions of this section and established occupancy standards as set forth by ordinance and state law.
E. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a municipality from requiring the owner of property that is the subject of any abatement process provided in this title to provide the name, physical address and telephone number of an individual to receive and respond to communications concerning the property subject to the abatement process. No future action taken by the municipality shall be rendered ineffective due to the failure of the property owner to provide the information pursuant to this subsection. The municipality shall not assess any additional charge when requiring the information.
F. Information obtained by the municipal government under this section shall be confidential and not subject to disclosure under the Open Records Act.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 326, § 2. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 52, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2021, c. 403, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-111.1. Certification for employees enforcing cleaning and mowing provisions.

Employees of a municipality employed or otherwise assigned to enforce provisions of Section 22-111 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall complete certification training specifically applicable to such section as adopted and administered by the Oklahoma Code Enforcement Association, an internationally recognized model code organization, career technical education program, or an institution of higher education. The certification training shall be completed within one (1) year of employment or assignment for such enforcement.
Added by Laws 2008, c. 24, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 111.1 of this title to provide consistency in numbering.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-112.3. Certification of employees enforcing condemnation provisions.

Employees of a municipality assigned to enforce provisions of Sections 22-112 and 22-112.1 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall complete certification training specifically applicable to such section as adopted and administered by the Oklahoma Code Enforcement Association, an internationally recognized model code organization, career technical education program, or an institution of higher education. The certification training shall be completed within one (1) year of employment or assignment for such enforcement.
Added by Laws 2008, c. 24, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 112.2 of this title to provide consistency in numbering.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-112.5. Termination of water service when sewer or waste water service is provided by a separate public entity

A. Where water service is provided to real property by one public entity but that property receives sewer or waste water service from another public entity, and where the sewer or waste water account for the property has been found to be delinquent as determined by the policies adopted by the public entity regarding nonpayment, the governing body of the public entity providing sewer or waste water service to that property may request that the public entity providing water service terminate water service. Until the delinquency has been resolved, the governing body of the public entity providing sewer or waste water service requesting the termination of water service shall provide a proposed date for termination and notice to the public entity providing water service, and to the account holder and property owner of the subject property at least thirty (30) days prior to the proposed date for termination. The public entity providing water service may terminate water service at the subject property on the proposed date for termination or within thirty (30) days thereafter. Should the sewer or waste water delinquency be resolved during the pendency of the termination of water service, or sometime thereafter, the public entity which requested termination of water service shall provide the public entity providing water service notice of the resolution of delinquency no later than the first business day following resolution. The public entity providing water service shall renew water service no later than the first business day following the notice. Should the sewer or waste water delinquency be resolved during the pendency of the termination of water service, or sometime thereafter, the public entity which requested termination of water service shall provide the account holder and the property owner notice of the resolution of the delinquency, upon request.
B. Each public entity desiring to utilize the termination provision authorized in subsection A of this section shall enact, in accordance to law and as required by this act, notice and hearing procedures to ensure account holders and property owners receive adequate notice and opportunity for hearing prior to commencement of the procedures authorized in subsection A of this section.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 98, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-113. Fire hazards and building location restrictions.

The municipal governing body may regulate the construction or suppression, and cleaning of any apparatus, fixtures, or equipment used in any building, manufactory, or business which may cause or promote fires, may prescribe limits within which dangerous or hazardous businesses may be carried on, and may adopt fire prevention codes and regulations. The governing body may impose penalties for the violation of such ordinances and may remove or abate any buildings constructed or located in violation of its ordinances.
Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 44, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-114. Entry upon private property for making surveys, soundings, examination or terminating public utility services - Reimbursement for damages.

A. Municipalities through their authorized agents or employees may enter upon any lands, waters, or premises for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, or examinations as may be necessary for the purpose of establishing, locating, relocating, constructing, or maintaining any sewer, waterworks, drain, or public works or facilities. Entry may also be made for the purpose of terminating any public utility services if the municipality determines the existence of a hazard to the health, safety, or welfare of the general public in connection with said services. Said entry shall not be deemed a trespass, nor shall an entry pursuant to any condemnation proceedings which may be pending be deemed a trespass. If the municipality does not have written consent for entry from the owner and lessee, the municipality shall give notice to the owner and lessee of the property to be entered, by certified mail at least fourteen (14) days prior to any entry. If the owner and lessee are unable to be given notice by certified mail, notice shall be given by publication.
B. Municipalities shall make reimbursement for any actual damages to lands, water, or premises as a result of the entry onto property as authorized in this section. If there is a disagreement as to the amount of any damage, either the person incurring any damage to land, water, or premises or the municipality may file a petition with the district court in the county where the alleged damage occurred requesting the appointment of a commissioner to appraise the damage and proceed to have the damage determined as in condemnation proceedings.
Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 45, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-115. Animals running at large - Regulation and taxation.

The municipal governing body may regulate or prohibit animals from running at large. Animals which are running at large may be impounded and sold to discharge any costs and penalties established by the governing body and the expense of impounding, keeping or sale of such animals. The governing body may also provide for the erection of pens, pounds, and buildings for the use of the municipality, within or without the municipal limits, and appoint and compensate keepers thereof, and establish and enforce rules governing the pens, pounds or buildings. The governing body may also regulate and provide for taxing the owners and harborers of dogs, and authorize the killing of dogs which are found at large in violation of any ordinance regulating the same.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 22-115, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-115.1. Commercial pet breeder - Restriction of location near schools or day care facilities.

A. No commercial pet breeder shall be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of a public or private school or licensed day care facility in a municipality having a population of more than three hundred thousand (300,000). Provided, this prohibition shall not apply to a commercial pet breeder that was lawfully in operation and in full compliance with all licensing, permitting, and zoning requirements applicable to the commercial pet breeder prior to the effective date of this act.
B. No public officer or employee shall issue any type of license, permit, approval or consent for a commercial pet breeder to be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of a public or private school or licensed day care facility in a municipality having a population of more than three hundred thousand (300,000).
C. Applications for a commercial pet breeder license or for any governmental permit, approval or consent needed to authorize the lawful operation of a commercial pet breeder that are pending on the effective date of this act shall be subject to the prohibitions set forth in subsections A and B of this section.
D. The provisions of subsections A and B of this section may be enforced by any public officer within whose jurisdiction a noncompliant commercial pet breeder is located or by any other person aggrieved in any way by noncompliance with the provisions. Enforcement action may include a civil suit for an injunction filed in the district court in the county where a noncompliant commercial pet breeder is located.
E. Any municipality is hereby authorized to enact an ordinance consistent with the provisions of this section and to enforce the ordinance by prosecution of violations in the municipal court, as provided by law.
F. For the purposes of this section, the term "commercial pet breeder" shall have the same meaning as given in Section 30.2 of Title 4 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2008, c. 433, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 2008. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 44, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-116. Jurisdiction over real property and navigable streams.

A. Except as provided for in subsection B of this section, the municipality shall have jurisdiction over any real property within or without its corporate limits belonging to the municipality.
B. A municipality with a population of more than three hundred fifty thousand (350,000) persons, according to the most recent Federal Decennial Census, shall have jurisdiction over any real property within its corporate limits belonging to the municipality. The municipality shall have the authority to enact ordinances regulating real property belonging to the municipality that is outside the corporate limits of the municipality. Municipal property outside the corporate limits of the municipality shall be subject to state or municipal law and any violation of state or municipal law shall be prosecuted in the district court of the county or the municipal court of the local city where the violation occurred. Unless otherwise provided for by law, the municipality may regulate the banks, shores, and wharves of navigable streams within the corporate limits.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 22-116, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 46, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 2003, c. 147, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-117. Traffic ordinances and regulations — Designation of school zone speed limits.

A. The municipal governing body may establish ordinances and regulations governing the operation of motor vehicles and traffic upon the roads and streets within the municipality in the manner provided by, and not inconsistent with, state law. An ordinance or regulation shall be consistent with state law if it is reasonably related to traffic safety or control or flow of traffic and does not contradict a specific provision of state law. The governing body may also regulate and prevent racing and fast driving, and all games, practices or amusements likely to result in damage to any person or property, in the streets, highways, alleys, bridges, sidewalks or other places in the municipality, and riding or driving over or upon the sidewalks of the municipality.
B. Any municipal governing body which establishes ordinances and regulations governing school zone speed limits, shall place school zone signs designating the beginning and end of the zone on the side or in the center of the roadway. Such end zone signing shall be as follows:
1. On roadways of two driving lanes, only the end zone signing may be on either side of the roadway or in the center of the roadway; and
2. On roadways in excess of two driving lanes, the end zone signing shall be on the right side of the roadway or in the center of the roadway if said roadway is divided by a median.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 22–117, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 90, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1978; Laws 2006, c. 132, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-117.1. Possession of security verification form may be required for certain vehicles.

Pursuant to Section 22-117 of this title, a municipality may by ordinance require the operator of any motor vehicle registered in this state to carry a current security verification form as defined in Article VI, Chapter 7 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes or equivalent form which has been issued by the Department.
Any person producing proof that a current security verification form or equivalent form which has been issued by the Department was in force for such person at the time of the alleged offense shall be entitled to dismissal of such charge upon payment of court costs; however, if proof of security verification is presented to the court within forty-eight (48) hours after the violation, the charge shall be dismissed without payment of court costs.
Upon conviction, bond forfeiture or deferral of sentence, the court shall forward an abstract to the Department of Public Safety within ten (10) days reflecting the action taken by the court.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 355, § 10, operative July 1, 1983. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 181, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-22-118. Regulation of taxicabs - Specific requirements.

The municipal governing body is vested with full police powers, for the purpose of preserving public health, safety and welfare, over the operation, regulation and control of taxicabs within the limits of the municipality. The municipal governing body may prescribe regulations for the operation of taxicabs, which regulations may include, and shall be limited to the following specific powers and subjects:
1. Requirement of minimum insurance, bond or other indemnity for public liability upon each taxicab; and if other than standard insurance be permitted, requirement and specifications of terms and conditions under which such other indemnity shall be accumulated, held, maintained, managed, and disposed of to secure persons in whose favor any liability shall arise out of the operation of taxicabs;
2. Requirement of minimum standards of mechanical condition and efficiency of any vehicle used as a taxicab, together with the power to require inspections to insure compliance therewith;
3. Restriction of the loading of taxicabs to specified zones or localities; including the power to prohibit and punish "cruising" and the making of such other rules governing the manner of operation of taxicabs as the public safety may require;
4. Determination, establishing, and enforcement of maximum and/or minimum rates and charges to be made by taxicabs for the transportation of passengers; including, but not requiring, the establishment of zones as the basis of such rates, or the requirement of taximeters as the basis of calculating such charges;
5. Requirement of municipal license for the operation of each taxicab; together with the right to levy and exact an annual fee therefor, and the right to revoke, cancel and thereafter refuse to reissue such license for failure to comply with or for infractions of regulations promulgated pursuant to this section. The granting of any license may be made dependent upon the holding of a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the municipality, if such certificates are provided as authorized by paragraph 6 of this section; and
6. Requirement for the holding of a certificate of convenience and necessity as a condition precedent to the issuance and holding of a municipal license for the operation of a taxicab; including the power to issue, deny, suspend and revoke such certificates.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 22-118, eff. July 1, 1978.