{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-6-101","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 37A, § 37A-6-101","heading":"Prohibited acts - Violations – Penalties","body":"A. No person shall:\n\n1. Knowingly sell, deliver or furnish alcoholic beverages to\n\nany person under twenty-one (21) years of age;\n\n2. Sell, deliver or knowingly furnish alcoholic beverages to an\n\nintoxicated person or to any person who has been adjudged insane or\n\nmentally deficient;\n\n3. Open a retail container or consume alcoholic beverages on\n\nthe premises of a package store, grocery store, convenience store or\n\ndrug store, unless otherwise permitted by law;\n\n4. Import into this state, except as provided for in the\n\nOklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, any alcoholic beverages;\n\nprovided, that nothing herein shall prohibit the importation or\n\npossession for personal use of not more than one (1) liter of\n\nalcoholic beverages upon which the Oklahoma excise tax is\n\ndelinquent;\n\n5. Receive, possess or use any alcoholic beverage in violation\n\nof the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act;\n\n6. Knowingly transport into, within or through this state more\n\nthan one (1) liter of alcoholic beverages upon which the Oklahoma\n\nexcise tax has not been paid unless the person accompanying or in\n\ncharge of the vehicle transporting same shall possess a true copy of\n\na bill of lading, invoice, manifest or other document particularly\n\nidentifying that alcoholic beverages are being transported and\n\nshowing the name and address of the consignor and consignee;\n\nprovided, this prohibition shall not apply to the first one hundred\n\neighty (180) liters of alcoholic beverages classified as household\n\ngoods by military personnel, age twenty-one (21) or older, when\n\nentering Oklahoma from temporary active assignment outside the\n\ncontiguous United States;\n\n7. Knowingly transport in any vehicle upon a public highway,\n\nstreet or alley any alcoholic beverage except in the original\n\ncontainer which shall not have been opened and the seal upon which\n\nshall not have been broken and from which the original cap or cork\n\nshall not have been removed, unless the opened container be in the\n\nrear trunk or rear compartment, which shall include the spare tire\n\ncompartment in a vehicle commonly known as a station wagon and panel\n\ntruck, or any outside compartment which is not accessible to the\n\ndriver or any other person in the vehicle while it is in motion;\n\n8. Consume spirits in public except on the premises of a\n\nlicensee of the ABLE Commission who is authorized to sell or serve\n\nspirits by the individual drink, or be intoxicated in a public\n\nplace. This provision shall be cumulative and in addition to\n\nexisting law;\n\n9. Forcibly resist lawful arrest, or by physical contact\n\ninterfere with an investigation of any infringement of the Oklahoma\n\nAlcoholic Beverage Control Act or with any lawful search or seizure\n\nbeing made by a law enforcement officer or an employee of the ABLE\n\nCommission, when such person knows or should know that such acts are\n\nbeing performed by a state, county or municipal officer or employee\n\nof the ABLE Commission;\n\n10. Manufacture, duplicate, counterfeit or in any way imitate\n\nany bottle club membership card required to be issued by the ABLE\n\nCommission without the permission of the ABLE Commission;\n\n11. Consume or possess alcoholic beverages on the licensed\n\npremises of a bottle club unless such person possesses a valid\n\nmembership card for that club issued by the club;\n\n12. Knowingly possess any bottle club membership card required\n\nto be issued by the ABLE Commission which has been manufactured,\n\ncounterfeited, imitated or in any way duplicated without the\n\npermission of the ABLE Commission; or\n\n13. Knowingly and willfully permit any individual under twenty-\n\none (21) years of age who is an invitee to the person's residence,\n\nany building, structure or room owned, occupied, leased or otherwise\n\nprocured by the person or on any land owned, occupied, leased or\n\notherwise procured by the person, to possess or consume any\nany way duplicated without the\n\npermission of the ABLE Commission; or\n\n13. Knowingly and willfully permit any individual under twenty-\n\none (21) years of age who is an invitee to the person's residence,\n\nany building, structure or room owned, occupied, leased or otherwise\n\nprocured by the person or on any land owned, occupied, leased or\n\notherwise procured by the person, to possess or consume any\n\nalcoholic beverage as defined by Section 1-103 of this title, any\n\ncontrolled dangerous substance as defined in the Uniform Controlled\n\nDangerous Substances Act, or any combination thereof, in such place.\n\nB. Except as provided for in subsection C of this section,\n\npunishment for violation of paragraph 13 of subsection A of this\n\nsection shall be as follows:\n\n1. Any person who is convicted of a violation of the provisions\n\nof paragraph 13 of subsection A of this section shall be deemed\n\nguilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense and be punished by a\n\nfine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and shall be\n\nrequired to attend a victims impact panel program as defined in\n\nSection 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\n2. Any person who, within ten (10) years after previous\n\nconvictions of a violation:\n\na. of paragraph 13 of subsection A of this section,\n\nb. of the provisions of any law of another state\n\nprohibiting the offense provided for in paragraph 13\n\nof subsection A of this section, or\n\nc. in a municipal criminal court of record for the\n\nviolation of a municipal ordinance prohibiting the\n\noffense provided for in paragraph 13 of subsection A\n\nof this section,\n\nshall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of\n\nnot more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and shall be required\n\nto attend a victims impact panel program as defined in Section 991a\n\nof Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\n3. Any person who, within ten (10) years after two or more\n\nprevious convictions of a violation:\n\na. of paragraph 13 of subsection A of this section,\n\nb. of the provisions of any law of another state\n\nprohibiting the offense provided for in paragraph 13\n\nof subsection A of this section, or\n\nc. in a municipal criminal court of record for the\n\nviolation of a municipal ordinance prohibiting the\n\noffense provided for in paragraph 13 of subsection A\n\nof this section, or\n\nd. or any combination of two or more thereof,\n\nshall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and shall be punished\n\nby a fine of not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars\n\n($2,500.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B\n\nthrough F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by\n\nboth such fine and imprisonment and shall be required to attend a\n\nvictims impact panel program as defined in Section 991a of Title 22\n\nof the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nC. Any person who violates paragraph 13 of subsection A of this\n\nsection, and such actions cause great bodily injury or the death of\n\na person, shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law,\n\nbe guilty of a Class D1 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment\n\nas provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title\n\n21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a fine of not less than Two Thousand\n\nFive Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars\n\n($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment and shall be\n\nrequired to attend a victims impact panel program as defined in\n\nSection 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nD. Except as provided in subsection C of Section 6-126 of this\n\ntitle, any person who shall engage in any of the following and\n\ndisturb the peace of any person:\n\n1. In any public place, or in or upon any passenger coach,\n\nstreetcar, or in or upon any other vehicle commonly used for the\n\ntransportation of passengers, or in or about any depot, platform,\n\nwaiting station or room, drink or otherwise consume any intoxicating\nn subsection C of Section 6-126 of this\n\ntitle, any person who shall engage in any of the following and\n\ndisturb the peace of any person:\n\n1. In any public place, or in or upon any passenger coach,\n\nstreetcar, or in or upon any other vehicle commonly used for the\n\ntransportation of passengers, or in or about any depot, platform,\n\nwaiting station or room, drink or otherwise consume any intoxicating\n\nliquor unless authorized by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control\n\nAct, intoxicating substance or intoxicating compound of any kind, or\n\ninhale glue, paint or other intoxicating substance;\n\n2. Be drunk or intoxicated in any public or private road, or in\n\nany passenger coach, streetcar or any public place or building, or\n\nat any public gathering, from drinking or consuming such\n\nintoxicating liquor, intoxicating substance or intoxicating compound\n\nor from inhalation of glue, paint or other intoxicating substance;\n\nor\n\n3. Be drunk or intoxicated from any cause,\n\nshall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall\n\nbe punished by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), nor\n\nmore than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment for not\n\nless than five (5) days nor more than thirty (30) days or by both\n\nsuch fine and imprisonment.","path":["OK Code","Title 37A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os37A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"00d4d89f9ca52e70192c7b96a7f0ec183ed4eb30526da17d846d4cfaaeb013f8","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-5-138","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-6-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}