Broken Arrow, OK Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Public places
- No throwing/sweeping trash at all
- Private property
- Must be in suitable container
- Offense class
- Class C, § 12-13
- Continuing violation
- Each day is separate offense
Summary
Broken Arrow bans dumping garbage, trash, or refuse on streets, alleys, sidewalks, or private property unless it's enclosed in a suitable container, enforced as a class C offense under Chapter 12.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, sweep or otherwise deposit, into or upon the streets, alleys, parkings, sidewalks or other public places of the city, any garbage, trash, paper, rubbish, grass, weeds, tree trimmings, dirt, crates, boxes or other refuse of any kind. It shall likewise be unlawful for any person to deposit any garbage, trash or other refuse upon private property, whether owned by such person or not, within the limits of the city, unless the same shall be enclosed in a suitable container.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 43).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 12-6 makes it unlawful to throw, sweep, or deposit garbage, trash, paper, rubbish, grass, weeds, tree trimmings, dirt, or other refuse into streets, alleys, sidewalks, parkings, or other public places, and separately bars depositing garbage or trash on any private property, including one's own, unless it is enclosed in a suitable container. Sec. 12-13 sets the penalty for the article: a class C offense, with each instance and each day a violation continues counted as a separate offense. A related section, Sec. 12-11, also punishes hauling trash from one property to dump it in another's dumpster as a class B offense in Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
Violations & Fines
Unlawful dumping is enforced under Chapter 12's general penalty section as a class C offense, with each instance and each day a violation continues counted as a separate offense.
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