Midwest City, OK Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 28-91, Obstruction of Streets or Sidewalks
- Covers
- Sidewalks, streets, alleys, bridges, passageways
- Vehicle solicitation ban
- No flagging cars to sell or solicit
- Default penalty
- Up to $200 fine, 30 days jail
- Enforced by
- Midwest City Police Department
Summary
Midwest City makes it unlawful to obstruct any public sidewalk, street, alley or passageway, and separately bars standing in a street or median to flag down vehicles for solicitation, sales or handouts under Code § 28-91.
No person shall obstruct the free, convenient and normal use of any public sidewalk, street, highway, bridge, alley, road or any other passage way, by impeding, hindering, retarding or restraining traffic thereon or therein.(b)No person shall stand in any street, street right-of-way, roadway, center median or parkway and stop or attempt to stop any person in any vehicle for the purpose of:(1)Soliciting charitable or other contributions;(2)Selling or attempting to sell anything to any person in any vehicle;(3)Handing or attempting to hand any person in any vehicle any circular, advertisement, handbill, political campaign literature, or any sample, souvenir or gift;(4)Attempting to interfere with the normal flow of traffic for any other purpose. (Code 1972, § 23-104)
State Law reference— Obstructing highways, 21 O.S. § 1754.
Sec. 28-91.1. - Demonstrations near school property.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 21).
Full Breakdown
Section 28-91(a) bars impeding, hindering, retarding or restraining traffic on any public sidewalk, street, highway, bridge, alley, road or passageway. Section 28-91(b) separately prohibits standing in a street, street right-of-way, roadway, center median or parkway to stop vehicles for soliciting contributions, selling goods, handing out circulars, handbills, political literature, samples or gifts, or otherwise interfering with the normal flow of traffic. The code carries no dedicated loitering statute; this obstruction rule is the operative public-way provision. No specific fine is listed for this section, so it falls under the city's general penalty at § 1-8.
Violations & Fines
No specific fine is set for § 28-91; as an unspecified offense it defaults to Code § 1-8's general penalty: a fine up to $200 plus costs, up to 30 days jail, or both.
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