{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-14-111","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-14-111","heading":"Enforcement and penalties for violation of municipal","body":"ordinances.\n\nA. The governing body of a municipality may provide for\n\nenforcement of its ordinances and establish fines, penalties, or\n\nimprisonment, as authorized by subsections B through D of this\n\nsection, for any offense in violation of its ordinances, which shall\n\nbe recoverable together with costs of suit. The governing body may\n\nprovide that any person fined for violation of a municipal ordinance\n\nwho is financially able but refuses or neglects to pay the fine or\n\ncosts may be compelled to satisfy the amount owed by working on the\n\nstreets, alleys, avenues, areas, and public grounds of the\n\nmunicipality, subject to the direction of the street commissioner or\n\nother proper officer, at a rate per day as the governing body may\n\nprescribe by ordinance, but not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per\n\nday for useful labor, until the fine or costs are satisfied.\n\nB. 1. Except for municipal ordinances related to prostitution\n\nand as otherwise provided in this section, cities having a municipal\n\ncriminal court of record may enact ordinances prescribing maximum\n\nfines of One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) and costs or\n\nimprisonment not exceeding six (6) months or both the fine and\n\nimprisonment, but shall not have authority to enact any ordinance\n\nmaking unlawful an act or omission declared by state statute to be\n\npunishable as a felony. Cities having a municipal criminal court of\n\nrecord may enact ordinances prescribing maximum fines of One\n\nThousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and costs or imprisonment not exceeding\n\nsix (6) months or both such fine and imprisonment for violations of\n\nmunicipal ordinances regulating the pretreatment of wastewater and\n\nregulating stormwater discharges. Cities having a municipal\n\ncriminal court of record may enact ordinances prescribing maximum\n\nfines of One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,250.00) and\n\ncosts or imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months or both such fine\n\nand imprisonment for alcohol-related or drug-related traffic\n\noffenses. The court shall remit Fifty Dollars ($50.00) of each\n\nalcohol fine or deferral fee to a fund of the municipality that\n\nshall be used to defray costs for enforcement of laws relating to\n\njuvenile access to alcohol, other laws relating to alcohol and other\n\nintoxicating substances, and traffic-related offenses involving\n\nalcohol or other intoxicating substances. The sum of Fifteen\n\nDollars ($15.00) shall be assessed in every case for violations of\n\nmunicipal ordinances relating to the offense of driving under the\n\ninfluence of alcohol or other intoxicating substance and shall be\n\nremitted to the credit of the Oklahoma Impaired Driver Database\n\nRevolving Fund created pursuant to Section 8 of this act.\n\n2. For violations of municipal ordinances relating to\n\nprostitution, including but not limited to engaging in prostitution\n\nor soliciting or procuring prostitution, a municipal criminal court\n\nof record may enact ordinances prescribing an imprisonment not to\n\nexceed six (6) months, and fines as follows: a fine not to exceed\n\nTwo Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) upon the first\n\nconviction for violation of any such ordinances, a fine of not more\n\nthan Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) upon the second conviction\n\nfor violation of any of such ordinances, and a fine of not more than\n\nSeven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) upon the third or\n\nsubsequent convictions for violation of any of such ordinances, or\n\nboth such fine and imprisonment as well as a term of community\n\nservice of not less than forty (40) nor more than eighty (80) hours.\n\nC. Municipalities having a municipal court not of record may\n\nenact ordinances prescribing maximum fines pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of this subsection. A municipal ordinance may not impose\n\na penalty, including fine or deferral fee in lieu of a fine and\n\ncosts, which is greater than that established by statute for the\nommunity\n\nservice of not less than forty (40) nor more than eighty (80) hours.\n\nC. Municipalities having a municipal court not of record may\n\nenact ordinances prescribing maximum fines pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of this subsection. A municipal ordinance may not impose\n\na penalty, including fine or deferral fee in lieu of a fine and\n\ncosts, which is greater than that established by statute for the\n\nsame offense. The maximum fine or deferral fee in lieu of a fine\n\nfor traffic-related offenses relating to speeding or parking shall\n\nnot exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). The maximum fine or\n\ndeferral fee in lieu of a fine for alcohol-related or drug-related\n\noffenses shall not exceed Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00). For all\n\nother offenses, the maximum fine or deferral fee in lieu of a fine\n\nshall not exceed Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00). The court\n\nshall remit Fifty Dollars ($50.00) of each alcohol fine or deferral\n\nfee to a fund of the municipality that shall be used to defray costs\n\nfor enforcement of laws relating to juvenile access to alcohol,\n\nother laws relating to alcohol and other intoxicating substances,\n\nand traffic-related offenses involving alcohol or other intoxicating\n\nsubstances. The ordinances may prescribe costs pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of Section 27-126 of this title or imprisonment not\n\nexceeding sixty (60) days or both the fine and imprisonment;\n\nprovided, that municipalities having only a municipal court not of\n\nrecord shall not have authority to enact any ordinance making\n\nunlawful any act or omission declared by state statute to be\n\npunishable as a felony; provided further, that municipalities having\n\na municipal court not of record may enact ordinances prescribing\n\nmaximum fines of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and costs or\n\nimprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days or both such fine and\n\nimprisonment for violations of municipal ordinances regulating the\n\npretreatment of wastewater and regulating stormwater discharges. If\n\nimprisonment is available for the offense, then that person charged\n\nshall have a right to a jury trial.\n\nD. Municipalities having both municipal criminal courts of\n\nrecord and municipal courts not of record may enact ordinances,\n\nwithin the authority of this section, for each court.\n\nE. No municipality may levy a fine or deferral fee in lieu of a\n\nfine of over Fifty Dollars ($50.00) until it has compiled and\n\npublished its penal ordinances as required in Sections 14-109 and\n\n14-110 of this title.\n\nF. No municipality may levy a fine of more than Ten Dollars\n\n($10.00) nor court costs of more than Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) for\n\nexceeding the posted speed limit by no more than ten (10) miles per\n\nhour upon any portion of the National System of Interstate and\n\nDefense Highways, federal-aid primary highways, and the state\n\nhighway system which are located on the outskirts of any\n\nmunicipality as determined in Section 2-117 of Title 47 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes.","path":["OK Code","Title 11"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os11.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"d60f39986d73f3fb4450640c7212174a483063cb99146ccef9c167c590617964","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-14-110","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-14-111.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}