Moore, OK Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

Section 8-508 requires anyone dumping or depositing rubbish, refuse or trash, or hauling such material into the city to fill low ground or otherwise dispose of it, to first obtain a written permit from the city or the county health department; the section carves out an exception for otherwise lawful hauling and dumping of dirt, sand, rock and gravel for landfill purposes. Section 8-509 builds two evidentiary presumptions onto that ban: proof that a particular vehicle was used to unlawfully haul or dump material, combined with proof the named defendant was its registered owner at the time, is prima facie evidence the owner committed the violation; and finding three or more items of illegally dumped refuse bearing a common address, with at least one item dated after August 1, 1988, is prima facie evidence that everyone competent residing at that address is responsible.

Beyond the base fine, the municipal court can order the violator to physically remove the dumped material, and failing to comply with that removal order is treated as a separate offense, punishable again under Section 1-108, for each day the material remains past the court-set deadline. These sections trace to Ordinance 452 from 1988 and were amended by Ordinance 229(98) in 1998.