Lawton, OK Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

Public urination sits at Subsection B(5) of Section 16-4-1-401, Disturbing the Peace, sandwiched between B(4)'s ban on lewdly exposing one's private parts in public and B(6)'s ban on pointing a deadly weapon at another person. ' Because it's one of the thirteen specific acts listed in Subsection B, it is only chargeable when done in a manner that would, per Subsection A, 'foreseeably alarm or disturb the peace of another or others,' the umbrella standard that governs the whole section. Unlike some neighboring subsections, which require proof of unreasonable, continuous or substantial disturbance (B(11)), the urination clause contains no severity qualifier or numeric threshold of its own; being observed urinating in a public place is enough to support the charge.

As with every other clause in Section 16-4-1-401, an officer who judges that a person's presence in a public place is causing this condition can order the person to leave under Subsection C, and refusal to comply is a separate violation. 00, imprisonment in city jail for up to sixty days, or both, at the municipal court's discretion, plus court costs and fees. The offense is prosecuted as a misdemeanor in Lawton Municipal Court.