Oklahoma City, OK Public Conduct: Loud Party Ordinance (2026)
Key Facts
- First offense
- Up to $500 fine
- Repeat offense
- Up to $1,200 + 6 months jail
- No meter required
- Audible-in-neighbor's-home standard
- Governing chapter
- City Code Chapter 34, Noise
Summary
Oklahoma City's noise code separately bans shouting, carousing, singing, and amplified music loud enough to be heard inside a neighbor's home, no decibel meter needed, and stacks a much steeper fine on repeat violations.
The following acts...if they produce a noise disturbance or excessive noise, are declared to be in violation of this chapter...(6)Radios, television equipment, electronic audio equipment, musical instruments and similar devices...if plainly audible within any dwelling unit which is not the source of the sound; or...(7)Boisterous, belligerent, or clamorous noisemaking. Shouting, carousing, singing or other prolonged noisemaking.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 5 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 34-4(a)(7) makes "boisterous, belligerent, or clamorous noisemaking", shouting, carousing, singing, or other prolonged noisemaking, its own violation, separate from the general excessive-noise standard. Section 34-4(a)(6) adds that a radio, stereo, or other sound device is violating the code if it's "plainly audible within any dwelling unit which is not the source of the sound." Officers don't need a sound-level reading for either. A loud gathering can also be charged as disturbing the peace under § 30-82. A first Chapter 34 conviction is a Class "a" offense (fine up to $500, § 1-6); a second or later violation jumps to a Class "b" offense, up to $1,200 and six months in City Jail (§ 34-10).
Violations & Fines
First conviction: Class "a" offense, fine up to $500. Second or subsequent violation: Class "b" offense, fine up to $1,200, up to six months in City Jail, or both (§ 1-6, § 34-10).
Frequently Asked Questions
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