Lawton, OK Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Lawton, OK, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Curfew window
- 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Covered conduct
- Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, singing
- Location
- Public streets (any time/place if disturbing)
- Enforcement
- Lawton Police Department
- Maximum penalty
- $750.00 fine or 60 days jail
Summary
Lawton's noise code names yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on public streets between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. as a prohibited disturbing noise under Section 16-4-2-424(3). The same clause also reaches that conduct at any hour if it disturbs people in offices, dwellings or hotels nearby.
Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on the public streets, particularly between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. or at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any office, or in any dwelling, hotel or other type of residence, or of any persons in the vicinity
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 2 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Division 16-4-2 opens with a blanket rule in Section 16-4-2-423 barring any noise that 'unreasonably, continuously or substantially annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others' at any hour, anywhere in the city. ,' giving Lawton residents and police a defined overnight window in which that conduct is presumptively disruptive. period is an emphasis, not the only covered time. annoy, disturb, injure or endanger the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others,' giving overlapping authority to cite loud nighttime street conduct under either provision.
Violations & Fines
A violation of the nighttime street-noise clause is prosecuted as an offense under Division 16-4-2 or under the disturbing-the-peace section, 16-4-1-401. With no separate penalty listed for noise, punishment falls under the general penalty schedule in Section 1-1-119: a fine up to $750.00 and/or up to sixty days in jail, with community service available at the municipal judge's discretion.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a set quiet-hours curfew in Lawton?
Can I be cited for singing loudly on the sidewalk at 2 a.m.?
Does the overnight rule only apply on public streets?
Sources & Official References
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