{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-22-118","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-22-118","heading":"Regulation of taxicabs - Specific requirements","body":"The municipal governing body is vested with full police powers,\n\nfor the purpose of preserving public health, safety and welfare,\n\nover the operation, regulation and control of taxicabs within the\n\nlimits of the municipality. The municipal governing body may\n\nprescribe regulations for the operation of taxicabs, which\n\nregulations may include, and shall be limited to the following\n\nspecific powers and subjects:\n\n1. Requirement of minimum insurance, bond or other indemnity\n\nfor public liability upon each taxicab; and if other than standard\n\ninsurance be permitted, requirement and specifications of terms and\n\nconditions under which such other indemnity shall be accumulated,\n\nheld, maintained, managed, and disposed of to secure persons in\n\nwhose favor any liability shall arise out of the operation of\n\ntaxicabs;\n\n2. Requirement of minimum standards of mechanical condition and\n\nefficiency of any vehicle used as a taxicab, together with the power\n\nto require inspections to insure compliance therewith;\n\n3. Restriction of the loading of taxicabs to specified zones or\n\nlocalities; including the power to prohibit and punish \"cruising\"\n\nand the making of such other rules governing the manner of operation\n\nof taxicabs as the public safety may require;\n\n4. Determination, establishing, and enforcement of maximum\n\nand/or minimum rates and charges to be made by taxicabs for the\n\ntransportation of passengers; including, but not requiring, the\n\nestablishment of zones as the basis of such rates, or the\n\nrequirement of taximeters as the basis of calculating such charges;\n\n5. Requirement of municipal license for the operation of each\n\ntaxicab; together with the right to levy and exact an annual fee\n\ntherefor, and the right to revoke, cancel and thereafter refuse to\n\nreissue such license for failure to comply with or for infractions\n\nof regulations promulgated pursuant to this section. The granting\n\nof any license may be made dependent upon the holding of a\n\ncertificate of convenience and necessity issued by the municipality,\n\nif such certificates are provided as authorized by paragraph 6 of\n\nthis section; and\n\n6. Requirement for the holding of a certificate of convenience\n\nand necessity as a condition precedent to the issuance and holding\n\nof a municipal license for the operation of a taxicab; including the\n\npower to issue, deny, suspend and revoke such certificates.","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":"35d011dcd6cf2c1e89b1459f66b7bfa46c012843e359c2d7b8ac55f6a7a8818f","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-22-117.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-22-119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}