Tulsa, OK

Tulsa charges short-term rental operators a $75 license fee plus an annual $300 compliance fee, and requires STRs to collect the city's 5% hotel occupancy tax like any other lodging…

Tulsa can revoke a short-term rental license after three non-compliance instances within twelve consecutive months, covering violations of licensing, nuisance, zoning, or hotel tax…

Tulsa caps every licensed short-term rental at 8 guests at one time, whether the unit is a standalone rental or a room in someone's home.

Tulsa requires operators to obtain a City-issued short-term rental license before renting, advertising, or offering any dwelling unit as a short-term rental, renewed annually by June…

Tulsa prohibits storing a dismantled, inoperable, junked, or abandoned vehicle in the open on public or private property for more than 48 hours unless it's fully enclosed in a building…

Tulsa bans overnight street parking only where official signs post specific hours; there is no citywide overnight parking ban, and any posted-hours violation is a fine under Title 37…

Tulsa bans parking across driveways, at hydrants and crosswalks, and requires cars to park headed with traffic within 12 inches of the curb.

Tulsa divides downtown into seven named Parking Districts, Financial, Business Core, Restaurant and Entertainment, BOK Convention Center, Hillcrest Hospital, South and East, where…

Tulsa limits how long vehicles can occupy curbside loading zones: commercial vehicles get up to 30 minutes to load or unload, while passenger loading zones cap stops at just 3 minutes…

Tulsa's zoning code allows private EV charging stations as accessory uses everywhere and public EV chargers accessory to nonresidential uses, letting chargers count toward required…

Tulsa limits where you can park an RV or boat trailer at a house - garage, rear or side yard, with street-yard parking needing city approval.

Tulsa requires a dustless, all-weather surface for off-street parking and residential driveways, but AG and AG-R zoned homes may use gravel outside the right-of-way, and ribbon…

Tulsa bans outdoor parking or storage of commercial vehicles, trucks, buses, semi-trucks and similar, in residential zoning districts under the city's zoning code.

Oklahoma caps what a wrecker may charge for any nonconsensual tow, from a public road or a private lot, and the Oklahoma Corporation Commission sets those maximums by order. Under the…

Tulsa requires every motor vehicle to run a working muffler and bans cutouts, bypasses, or exhaust mods that make a car louder than its factory system.

Tulsa's noise ordinance bans mechanical devices operated by compressed air, jackhammers, pneumatic tools, air compressors, unless effectively muffled, as part of the city's general…

Tulsa bans playing amplified music or musical instruments at a volume that unreasonably disturbs the quiet, comfort or repose of anyone in a nearby dwelling, hotel or residence.

Tulsa's disturbing-the-peace ordinance names the habitual howling, yelping, or barking of a dog by its owner, keeper, or possessor as an unlawful noise disturbance, enforceable the…

Tulsa allows up to six adult chickens and fourteen chicks under eight weeks on non-agricultural lots, but the coop must sit at least 50 feet from any neighboring residence and stay…

Tulsa requires every dog and cat over six months old to be spayed or neutered unless the owner holds a Hobbyist Exemption Permit issued by the Finance Director.

Veterinary clinics and animal hospitals are permitted by right in Tulsa's CS, CG, CH, CBD, IL, IM and IH zoning districts, but a screening fence or wall is required where the site…

Tulsa's Penal Code makes it an offense to kill, wound, maim, injure or harm any bird, to shoot or throw a weapon or missile at one, or to destroy a bird's nest, eggs, or contents…

Tulsa treats grooming and bathing facilities as Type A commercial animal establishments, requiring sanitary holding areas, disease prevention, and prompt veterinary care for any animal…

Tulsa outright bans keeping, owning or exhibiting any animal wild by nature, big cats, bears, wolves, primates, venomous species, as a pet, with only a narrow federal- and…

Tulsa regulates dogs based on bite history, not breed. A dog declared "dangerous" needs a $50,000 insurance policy, a posted warning sign, a secure enclosure, and a muzzle in public…

Tulsa caps households at five dogs and cats combined once they're over four months old; keeping more without a Hobbyist Exemption Permit is a criminal offense enforced by the city's…

Tulsa requires every cat over four months old to carry a current rabies vaccination and city license, and bans letting cats run at large within city limits, with WIN and the Chief of…

Tulsa doesn't ban retail sale of dogs and cats: pet stores operate as Type B commercial animal establishments under Title 2, needing a city permit, a 10-year animal-abuse background…

Tulsa dog owners must keep their dog confined on their property or under leash once it leaves that property. Letting a dog run at large is a city offense, with narrow carve-outs for…

Tulsa allows backyard honeybee hives but caps density at four hives per quarter acre, requires a 20-foot lot-line setback, a 6-foot screening hedge or fence, and standing water within…

Tulsa caps fences at 8 feet within side and rear setbacks and 4 feet in street setbacks, with a zoning clearance permit required before construction begins.

Tulsa's zoning code allows barbed-wire and razor-wire fencing by right only in AG, IL, IM, and IH districts; everywhere else, including every residential zone, it is prohibited unless…

Tulsa requires a building permit and a licensed engineer's design for any retaining wall, and bars walls from extending past the property line into a street, alley, or right-of-way.

Tulsa caps fences at 4 feet in front street setbacks and 8 feet elsewhere on the lot, with corner-lot exceptions and a corner sight-triangle limit near intersections.

Oklahoma statute 60 O.S. Section 70 makes adjoining landowners equally bound to maintain the boundary fence between them when both enclose their land. If neighbors disagree over…

Tulsa bans possessing, selling, storing or using fireworks anywhere in the city unless the fire code official has first issued an operational permit.

Tulsa requires working smoke alarms in every existing residential unit, placed in each sleeping area, on the egress path, and on every story, per the Property Maintenance Code.

Tulsa exempts recreational fires and portable outdoor fireplaces on private property from the fire code's open-burning permit. The same fire on a street, alley, park, or other public…

Open burning anywhere in Tulsa is a misdemeanor unless the fire code official first issues an operational permit, with a narrow exception for small recreational fires on private…

Tulsa requires a fire permit to store or use LP-gas, but exempts single residential containers of 500 gallons water capacity or less.

Oklahoma Forestry Services holds statewide authority over wildfire suppression and hazard designation under Title 2 O.S. Sections 16-21 through 16-30. The Director may enter private…

Tulsa caps type 2 home occupations at three on-site clients or customers at a time and requires special exception approval before clients can visit.

Home-based child care in Tulsa is regulated by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services under the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act (10 O.S. §401 et seq.). Family child…

Tulsa splits home businesses into Type 1 (no clients or employees, by-right) and Type 2 (clients or one employee, special exception required) under the zoning code.

Tulsa limits home-based business signage to a nameplate of two square feet in residential districts, bars illumination on it, and prohibits any display of merchandise or materials…

Oklahoma's Homemade Food Freedom Act lets you sell homemade food with no license and no kitchen inspection, provided the business stays under seventy-five thousand dollars in gross…

Oklahoma is one of the few states where a home cook may sell time- and temperature-controlled food, meaning hot meals rather than only shelf-stable baked goods, with no permit and no…

Tulsa requires a permit before planting any street tree, sets exact curb and sidewalk setbacks, and bans topping street or park trees as a normal practice under Title 35 of the city…

Tulsa's Mayor can restrict outdoor watering in four escalating stages once daily water use hits 94% of system capacity, from voluntary conservation up to a total outdoor watering ban.

Tulsa bans weeds and rank vegetation over 12 inches tall on private property, with limited exceptions for tended gardens and healthy trees; violations are a nuisance enforced by the…

Tulsa requires 8 feet of limb clearance over sidewalks and 9 feet over streets, and bans topping street and park trees outright.

Tulsa's Building Code adopts IRC Appendix Q, allowing free-standing tiny houses of 400 square feet or less to meet relaxed ceiling height, stairway, and loft standards instead of full…

Detached sheds and other accessory buildings on Tulsa residential lots are capped at 750 sq ft in RE/RS-1 districts or 500 sq ft in RS-2 through RM districts, unless 40% of the house's…

Tulsa allows ADUs like garage apartments and carriage houses, but RE, RS, AG, and AG-R lots need Board of Adjustment special exception approval first; other zoning districts allow them…

Tulsa requires a 48-inch barrier around any residential pool, spa or hot tub over 24 inches deep, with self-closing, self-latching gates and no gaps a 4-inch sphere can pass through.

Tulsa requires any above-ground pool holding water deeper than 24 inches to be surrounded by a barrier at least 48 inches tall, and if the pool's own wall serves as that barrier, its…

Tulsa requires a permit from the Park and Recreation Board or Director before holding a festival, concert, public gathering, or other outdoor event in any city park, at Gilcrease…

Tulsa requires a special event permit from the City's special events coordinator before any parade, procession, or public assembly that uses city streets outside normal traffic rules.

Neighborhood block parties sponsored by a registered neighborhood or homeowners association on a single residential block during daylight hours are exempt from Tulsa's special event…

Selling food, drinks, or goods at a Tulsa street fair or festival requires a special event permit, and vendors must operate from an authorized building, tent, booth, or structure.

Restaurants and bars in Tulsa need a permit from the Tulsa Planning Office before putting tables, chairs, or a fenced sidewalk cafe on the public right-of-way, and permits cannot be…

Tulsa requires a permit from the Tulsa Planning Office before any business can build, install, or operate a parklet in a public right-of-way, with strict siting, size, and safety…

Tulsa allows digital billboards only as dynamic displays on off-premise outdoor advertising signs in commercial and industrial districts, subject to an eight-second minimum dwell time…

Tulsa's zoning code exempts temporary holiday light displays from the outdoor lighting chapter's shielding, glare, and light-trespass standards, so seasonal lights don't need a…

Every sign near a Tulsa freeway, wall, freestanding, projecting or billboard, must sit back at least 10 feet from the freeway's planned right-of-way, and freestanding signs on…

Tulsa caps window signs at 25% of the glass they're mounted on for nonresidential businesses; exceeding that share turns the display into a regulated sign that no longer qualifies for…

Campaign signs in Tulsa must come down within seven days of the election, need the property owner's consent on private land, are banned from public property, and are capped at 16…

Tulsa fines anyone caught smoking or vaping marijuana in a public place, medical license or not, under the city's Penal Code.

Tulsa bans loitering within railroad stations, platforms, or rights-of-way once a railroad employee tells you to leave, under Tulsa Revised Ordinances, Title 27, § 1103: a narrow…

Tulsa bans aggressive begging: repeatedly blocking someone's path to ask for money, or using physical action to make a person fear violence while soliciting.

Tulsa's disorderly conduct law makes hosting a loud, drunken gathering an offense and holds the person keeping the property liable for failing to expel unruly guests.

Tulsa bans tobacco and vapor product use on all municipal property, indoor and outdoor, including every city park and recreational area, with fines up to $100 per violation.

Tulsa bars skateboards, bicycles and roller skates from the downtown Main Street Pedestrian Mall and Civic Center Plaza except in traffic lanes the City specifically designates for…

Tulsa requires pedestrians to cross streets at a crosswalk or intersection, except in residential neighborhoods without major streets or traffic signals.

Tulsa bans drinking alcohol on park roads and parking lots, and lets the Park Board post any other park area off-limits to alcohol.

Tulsa fines anyone who willfully urinates or defecates in a street, park, parking lot, or other public-facing spot up to $200 under the city's outraging-public-decency chapter.

Tulsa collects curbside yard waste weekly alongside regular trash, but grass, weeds and leaves must be bagged and brush bundled to strict size and weight limits.

Tulsa requires recyclables loose in the city-issued cart with the lid fully closed; anything outside the cart or any non-recyclable item gets skipped.

Tulsa's zoning code restricts where dumpsters can sit on commercial property: no sidewalk, parking, hydrant, or setback encroachment, and screening from street view is required unless…

Tulsa makes it unlawful to dump garbage, trash, or debris on public property or someone else's private property without consent, and the municipal court can order the violator to pay…

Tulsa residents choose curbside, backyard, or extended backyard pickup with once- or twice-weekly collection, using authority-issued carts under an implied service contract enforced…

Tulsa requires trash and recycling carts to sit curbside from 5 p.m. the day before pickup until 6 a.m. on collection day, with lids shut and three feet of clearance from obstructions…

Tulsa residents must place solid waste and recycling carts curbside no earlier than 5 p.m. the day before collection and no later than 6 a.m. on collection day, then remove them by 6…

Tulsa residents must call the city to schedule bulky waste pickup, which is capped at eight cubic yards and carries a collection fee under the city's solid waste code.

Tulsa's voluntary residential recycling program requires materials to go loosely into the authority-issued recycling cart with the lid fully closed: non-program items aren't collected…

Tulsa requires a permit before any plumbing installation, alteration or repair under its adopted 2018 ICC International Plumbing Code, with violations charged as a misdemeanor.

Tulsa requires carbon monoxide alarms in dwellings whenever a permitted alteration, repair, or addition occurs, or when a sleeping room is added to an existing home.

Tulsa's Property Maintenance Code bans applying lead-based paint over 0.5% lead content in dwellings and child care facilities, and requires an EPA-certified firm to remove or cover…

Tulsa requires a passed inspection at each construction stage before work can proceed, and covering or occupying uninspected work is a code violation subject to civil fines.

Reroofing a home or business in Tulsa requires a building permit, and the city's amended residential and commercial codes bar re-covering over a deteriorated deck, slate or tile…

Any electrical work in Tulsa needs a permit before work starts, under the city's adopted 2020 National Electrical Code. Repairs that don't alter the existing installation are exempt…

Tulsa requires elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators to be kept in compliance with ASME A17.1, with a current inspection certificate posted at all times.

Tulsa allows up to seven children in a home-based day care to skip fire sprinklers under the residential code, but eight to twelve children triggers a mandatory automatic sprinkler…

Tulsa's Property Maintenance Code requires every door into a rented dwelling, rooming or housekeeping unit to have a working deadbolt with at least a 1-inch throw that opens from…

In Tulsa's NCO overlay district, new detached houses and duplexes are capped at 30 feet tall and 40 feet wide to keep infill from overwhelming existing block character.

Tulsa's adopted residential code strips the automatic sprinkler mandate for new one- and two-family homes, leaving the requirement in an appendix the state never adopted.

Tulsa's zoning code expressly bans vehicle repair as a home occupation, whether Type 1 or Type 2, so residents cannot legally run an auto repair, detailing, or bodywork business out of…

Tulsa secondhand dealers must ID every seller, log each purchase with a thumbprint declaration, and hold items 10 days before resale or alteration.

Tulsa pawnbrokers must buy a $50 annual permit from the Director of Finance and follow strict reporting and transaction rules under Title 21, Chapter 11.

Tulsa requires a City license for every sexually oriented business and confines them to zoning-approved locations meeting Title 42 spacing rules, with annual license fees up to $500.

Wrecker companies that take police-dispatched tow calls in Tulsa must hold a City contract, carry a Class A state wrecker license, and meet strict equipment and staffing standards.

Tulsa retailers cannot display vapor, tobacco, or nicotine products for self-service access unless the store bars minors entirely, capping fines at $200 per offense.

Tulsa requires a permit from the Tulsa Planning Office before any sidewalk cafe, table, or chair setup occupies the public right-of-way in front of a business.

Filming that blocks streets or sidewalks in Tulsa needs a special event permit from the Special Events Coordinator, filed at least 10 days ahead.

Tulsa requires a permit from the Special Events Coordinator before any outdoor film production on public or private property, plus a letter of support from the Tulsa Office of Film…

Tulsa's traffic code splits e-bikes into three classes, and only Class 1 and Class 2 count as ordinary bicycles that can ride anywhere a pedal bike can.

Tulsa requires a discretionary annual permit for every shared e-scooter operator and caps each fleet between 50 and 400 scooters, with the City free to block parking on specific blocks.

Tulsa bans parking or standing in bicycle lanes and requires drivers to yield to cyclists there, under Title 37, § 1016 of the Revised Traffic Code.

Oklahoma bans golf carts from the streets and highways of the state and then lists five exceptions, four of which depend on a local government acting first. 47 O.S. Section 11-1116(C)…

Buildings, sites, or areas at least 50 years old with historic significance can be zoned HP, Historic Preservation overlay, triggering city review of exterior work, demolition, and…

Tulsa levies a 5% hotel occupancy tax on rooms rented for more than $10 a day, collected by hotel operators and remitted monthly to the City under the Hotel Tax Code.

Tulsa's Residential Rental Occupancy Standards require landlords to keep every occupied rental unit safe, sanitary, and operable, covering plumbing, heat, hot water, wiring, and fire…

Oklahoma law allows Tulsa landlords to terminate month-to-month tenancies without cause on thirty days' written notice, and to decline renewal of fixed-term leases without…

Tulsa landlords follow Oklahoma's Residential Landlord-Tenant Act, which requires security deposits be held in separate accounts and returned within thirty days after move-out with…

Tulsa lacks a stand-alone tenant anti-harassment ordinance; tenants rely on Oklahoma's habitability and quiet-enjoyment provisions plus general criminal harassment laws when landlords…

Tulsa does not have a just cause eviction ordinance. Oklahoma law allows landlords to terminate tenancies with proper notice without stating a specific reason. Month-to-month tenancies…

Under Okla. Stat. tit. 41 § 131, an Oklahoma landlord may terminate for unpaid rent if the tenant fails to pay within 5 days after written demand. Other lease breaches get a 10-day…

Under Okla. Stat. tit. 41 § 128, an Oklahoma landlord must give the tenant at least one (1) day's notice before entering the dwelling and may enter only at reasonable times. No notice…

Under Okla. Stat. tit. 41 § 111, either party may end a month-to-month tenancy with at least 30 days' written notice; tenancies shorter than month-to-month require 7 days. A fixed-term…

Tulsa caps illumination on off-premise billboards at 70 foot-candles measured at the sign face, requires constant (non-flashing) light, and bans blinking, traveling lights or…

Tulsa's zoning code requires outdoor fixtures installed since 2016 to be shielded with cutoffs limiting glare, caps light spillover onto neighboring lots at 0.5 to 3.0 foot-candles…

Tulsa caps spillover light at the property line to 0.5 foot-candles next to homes and 3.0 foot-candles elsewhere, measured under the zoning code's outdoor lighting standards.

Flying a drone during outdoor film production at a special event in Tulsa requires a film permit from the Special Events Coordinator, with a letter of support from the Tulsa Office of…

Tulsa regulates mobile push carts under its mobile vendor ordinance: carts can't set up within 150 feet of a school in session, must stay off blocked sidewalks, and are capped at 12…

Tulsa bans street peddling from stands, vehicles, or sidewalks in a designated downtown core, First to Seventh Street, Detroit to Cheyenne, though the Central Tulsa Pedestrian Mall is…

Tulsa requires every food truck, push cart and mobile retail vendor to hold both a Tulsa City-County Health Department food license and a separate City food license under Title 17…

Tulsa requires new and substantially improved buildings in flood hazard areas to sit at least one foot above the regulatory flood elevation.

Tulsa caps private boathouses on its Spavinaw Reservoir Area to those already permitted, charges annual rental, and can revoke the whole program with 60 days' notice.

Tulsa enforces comprehensive stormwater management under Title 11-A (Stormwater Management and Hazard Mitigation Program) of the Tulsa Revised Ordinances. The city operates under an…

Tulsa bars construction that leaves bare earth exposed to rain and requires sedimentation facilities to be installed and maintained on-site for the full build period, under watershed…

Building, grading, or filling in Tulsa's mapped floodway or regulatory flood plain requires a Watershed Development Permit from Public Works, and new residential structures must be…

Tulsa closes all city parks between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., and no one may enter, remain, or leave a vehicle unattended in a park during those hours without a permit.

Tulsa bars anyone under 18 from public places and businesses from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. on school nights, with a later midnight start on Friday and Saturday nights, under Tulsa Revised…

Tulsa cannot enforce a plastic bag ban or fee. 27A O.S. § 2-11-504 (SB 1001, 2019) preempts all Oklahoma political subdivisions from regulating auxiliary containers, except on property…

Tulsa requires owners of neglected vacant buildings and residential structures to register with the Working in Neighborhoods Department within 30 days, submit a demolition, securing…

Tulsa bans weeds and rank vegetation over twelve inches on private property and adjoining parking strips, including vacant lots, as a public health nuisance enforceable citywide.

Tulsa bans knowingly blocking any sidewalk, street, crosswalk, or accessibility ramp with your body or belongings unless you hold a City permit, with fines up to $100 per day for…

Oklahoma Statute 40-160.4 bars Tulsa and every other Oklahoma city from setting a private-sector minimum wage. The state floor matches the federal $7.25 per hour. Tulsa can only…

Tulsa's Property Maintenance Code requires every structure to stay free of insect and rodent infestation, with owners on the hook for extermination before a unit is rented.

Tulsa zoning bars a new medical marijuana dispensary from opening within 1,000 feet of another dispensary, measured wall to wall between the buildings.

Oklahoma allows medical marijuana patients and caregivers to cultivate cannabis at home under State Question 788. Patients with a valid OMMA license may grow up to six mature plants…

Tulsa requires medical marijuana dispensaries to operate entirely inside an enclosed building and stay at least 1,000 feet from any other dispensary, with mandatory odor control and…

Tulsa enforces Oklahoma's Tobacco 21 law (OK §63-1-229) prohibiting sale of cigarettes, vape products, and other tobacco to anyone under 21. State preemption blocks Tulsa from setting…

Tulsa has no local flavored tobacco or e-cigarette ban. Oklahoma Statutes Title 63, Section 1-229.20 broadly preempts cities and counties from regulating the sale, distribution…

Tulsa requires a permit before planting any street tree in the public right-of-way and sets exact spacing: at least 7 feet from an arterial curb, 4 feet from a sidewalk, and 15 feet…

Tulsa's Zoning Code sets aside AG and AG-R districts where farming, animal husbandry, community gardens and horticulture nurseries are permitted by right.

Oklahoma's Right to Farm Act protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits when surrounding land uses change, codified at 50 O.S. 1.1 and following sections.

Door-to-door solicitors in Tulsa can only knock between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. absent an invitation, and must honor posted No Soliciting signs and leave a residence when asked.

Posting a "No Soliciting" or "No Trespassing" sign at a Tulsa residence makes door-to-door solicitation there a crime, and even unposted homes are off-limits to knocking outside 8:00…

Tulsa landlords must document annual verification of fire extinguishers, sprinklers, alarms and smoke detectors under the 2023 Residential Rental Occupancy Standards, producing proof…

Tulsa bans charcoal, gas, or open-flame cooking devices on combustible balconies or within 10 feet of combustible construction, a misdemeanor under the Fire Code, but exempts one- and…

Tulsa allows solar panels as an accessory use by right in every zoning district, but building- and ground-mounted systems must still meet setback, height, and building/electrical code…

Oklahoma has never enacted a solar access, solar rights or solar easement statute, and nothing in state law voids a covenant that bans or conditions rooftop panels. Under 60 O.S…

Tulsa allows garage sales in residential districts only twice per calendar year, capped at four consecutive days per sale, per lot: exceeding that requires a special exception from the…

Tulsa sets no blanket lot-coverage percentage for houses: bulk is controlled through setbacks and minimum open space instead. But detached accessory buildings built in the required…

Tulsa's Zoning Code sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zoning district in Table 5-3: street setbacks run from 10 feet in RT and RM districts to 35 feet in RE and RS-1, with…

Tulsa's Zoning Code caps building height at 35 feet in every residential district except RM-3, from the RE estate district through RS-1 through RS-5, RD, RT, RM-0, RM-1, RM-2 and RMH…

Oklahoma authorizes both permitless constitutional carry for eligible adults and the Self-Defense Act handgun license, governed by the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act under Title 21.

Oklahoma law preempts cities and counties from regulating firearms, ammunition, and components, reserving authority to the state legislature with narrow exceptions for state-permitted…

Oklahoma permits open carry of handguns by eligible adults under constitutional carry and the Self-Defense Act, subject to location restrictions and private property rights.

Oklahoma authorizes eligible adults to transport and carry handguns and long guns in private motor vehicles under permitless carry, with state preemption barring stricter local vehicle…

Oklahoma bans commercial bingo but lets charitable nonprofits run bingo, U-PIK-EM bingo, and breakopen ticket games under an ABLE Commission license. The Oklahoma Charity Games Act (3A…

Oklahoma carves out no exception for a private card game among friends. 21 O.S. § 941 makes it a Class C2 felony to open or conduct poker, roulette, craps, or any dice or card game for…

Oklahoma has no legal, licensed way to bet on sports, not through a casino, an app, or a tribal compact. Wagering on athletic contests for money falls under the state's general…

Oklahoma has no homeowner-association statute governing meetings or records, so the rules come from whichever body of law the association was organized under. Most Oklahoma HOAs are…

CC&R and architectural enforcement in Oklahoma rests on the recorded declaration and common law. The Real Estate Development Act lets both the association and individual owners sue to…

Oklahoma law voids any association policy or agreement that restricts or prevents a member from flying the flag of the United States at a reasonable height up to twenty (20) feet on…

Oklahoma has no statutory ceiling on what a homeowner association may charge for a covenant violation, no required notice-and-hearing procedure before a charge is levied, and no…

Oklahoma gives a condominium association a real assessment lien and a real foreclosure remedy, then subordinates the lien to four earlier claims. Under 60 O.S. Section 524(a) unpaid…

The Oklahoma Legislature has never enacted a sobriety checkpoint scheme. A full-text reading of Titles 13, 22, 47 and 63 returns no instance of the words checkpoint or roadblock at…

Oklahoma protects filming police, but not through a standalone right. Laws 2015, c. 286, Section 1 added a sentence to the obstructing-an-officer statute itself, 21 O.S. Section 540…

Oklahoma has never enacted a general stop-and-identify statute. Nothing in Title 21 creates a failure-to-identify offence, and the arrest chapter of Title 22 runs the other way: 22…

Oklahoma has not codified anything about consenting to a vehicle search. Title 22's search chapter, Sections 1221 through 1241, is written entirely around warrants and never uses the…

Oklahoma allows a private vehicle no more than two spot lamps, two front fog lamps or two rear fog lamps, two auxiliary driving lamps and two daytime running lamps, and 47 O.S. Section…

Oklahoma has never legislated about dash cameras. Two other provisions decide where one may go, and they set different tests. 47 O.S. Section 12-422(B)(1) makes it unlawful to operate…

Lane splitting is expressly illegal in Oklahoma. 47 O.S. Section 11-1103(D) states that no driver of a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, motorized scooter, motorized bicycle or…

Oklahoma outlaws every license plate cover, not just tinted or smoked ones. 47 O.S. Section 1113(A) makes it a violation to operate a vehicle in the state on which the license plate is…

A radar detector is lawful in an ordinary Oklahoma passenger car. The only Oklahoma statute that reaches detectors, 47 O.S. Section 11-808.1, is written entirely around the commercial…

Oklahoma allows metal-studded tires only between November 1 and April 1, and only on vehicles with a rated capacity of two tons or less. The studs may cover no more than three percent…

Oklahoma lets you tint side and rear windows only if the glass plus film still passes at least twenty-five percent of light and reflects no more than twenty-five percent, under 47 O.S…