Oklahoma Disturbing the Peace and Trespass Laws (2026)

Oklahoma has no general criminal offense named disorderly conduct; Title 21 defines the term only for riot during a state of emergency the Governor proclaims (21 O.S. 1321.8). The everyday conduct other states call disorderly conduct is covered mainly by two Title 21 statutes: section 1362, which punishes willfully or maliciously disturbing the peace and quiet of a town, neighborhood, family or person by loud noise, abusive or profane language, threats, fighting or firearms, and section 1363, which makes insulting language calculated to provoke anger or a fight "a breach of the peace." Each is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $100, up to 30 days in county jail, or both.

Oklahoma does not grade criminal trespass by degree. Entering another's garden, yard, pasture or field after being forbidden is punishable by a fine of up to $250 under 21 O.S. 1835(A); penalties rise for farm, ranch and forest land, for trespass with damage or theft, and for critical infrastructure, where trespass with intent to damage or impede operations is a Class D3 felony (21 O.S. 1792). For other states, see our guide to disorderly conduct and trespass laws by state.

Information last verified on 2026-10-18. This article has not been reviewed by a licensed lawyer.

Jurisdiction scope: This article covers Oklahoma state criminal statutes on disturbing the peace and breach of the peace (21 O.S. 1362 and 1363), public intoxication (37A O.S. 6-101), related public-order offenses in Title 21 (including worship disruption, the state-of-emergency offenses in 21 O.S. 1321.4 to 1321.8, and false reports and threats), and criminal trespass (21 O.S. 1835 to 1835.10, 1792, 1752.1, 1743, 1351 to 1356, 1438) with the hunting and fishing trespass rules in Title 29. It does not cover local noise ordinances and quiet hours (see Oklahoma noise laws), the sheriff removal procedure for squatters (see Oklahoma squatters' rights), use of force against an intruder (see Oklahoma self-defense laws), city ordinances, civil trespass lawsuits, or federal property rules.

Is there a disorderly conduct law in Oklahoma?

Not as a general offense. Title 21 uses the word "disorderly" for offenses such as keeping a disorderly house, and section 1321.8 defines "disorderly conduct" (fighting or violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior, unreasonable noise or an offensively coarse utterance, abusive language, and similar conduct causing public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm) only for offenses committed during a state of emergency the Governor proclaims. Oklahoma handles everyday disorderly conduct with its disturbing-the-peace statutes, sections 1362 and 1363, which date from 1910-11 and sit in the Title 21 chapter on riots and disturbances, and with the public intoxication offenses in Title 37A.

Section 22 of Title 21 also makes it a misdemeanor to willfully and wrongfully commit an act that grossly disturbs the public peace or openly outrages public decency, including urination in a public place, where no other punishment is prescribed; the general misdemeanor penalty in section 10 applies.

Disturbing the peace: 21 O.S. 1362

Section 1362 is one sentence. A person commits the offense if the person "shall willfully or maliciously disturb, either by day or night, the peace and quiet of any city of the first class, town, village, neighborhood, family or person" by any of these means:

• loud or unusual noise;
• abusive, violent, obscene or profane language, "whether addressed to the party so disturbed or some other person";
• threatening to kill, do bodily harm or injury, destroy property, or fight;
• quarreling or challenging to fight, or fighting;
• shooting off or brandishing firearms; or
• running a horse at unusual speed along a street, alley, highway or public road.

The mental state is "willfully or maliciously," and the statute requires that the conduct actually disturb the peace and quiet of a place, family or person. The noise clause is one of the six means; quiet hours and decibel limits are usually set locally, and our Oklahoma noise ordinance laws page covers them.

The penalty is in the statute itself: a misdemeanor punishable by a fine "not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both," at the discretion of the court or jury. The history line ends with a 1968 amendment, and the statute sets no higher grade for a repeat offense.

Breach of the peace by insulting language: 21 O.S. 1363

Section 1363 is aimed at words spoken to or about another person. It applies to anyone who uses "any profane, violent, abusive or insulting language toward or about another person, in the presence or hearing, which language, in its common acceptation, is calculated to arouse to anger the person about or to whom it is spoken or addressed, or to cause a breach of the peace or an assault." Such a person "shall be deemed guilty of a breach of the peace."

The test is written into the statute: the language must be spoken in the person's presence or hearing and must be, in its common meaning, calculated to arouse anger or to cause a breach of the peace or an assault. The penalty matches section 1362: a fine of up to $100, up to 30 days in county jail, or both. Where words turn into a physical fight, the assault statutes may also apply; see Oklahoma assault and battery laws.

Public intoxication: 37A O.S. 6-101(A)(8) and (D)

Oklahoma's public intoxication offenses moved from old Title 37 to Title 37A in 2018. Section 6-101(A)(8) prohibits consuming spirits in public, except on the premises of a licensee authorized to serve spirits by the drink, or being intoxicated in a public place. It sets no specific penalty, so a violation is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $500, up to 6 months in county jail, or both (37A O.S. 6-125). That offense has no disturbance element.

Section 6-101(D) is a separate offense. It applies, except as provided in subsection C of section 6-126, to a person who does one of three things "and disturb[s] the peace of any person":

1. drinks or consumes intoxicating liquor (unless authorized by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act) or another intoxicating substance, or inhales glue, paint or a similar substance, in a public place, on a passenger vehicle, or in or about a depot or waiting station;
2. is drunk or intoxicated on a public or private road, in a passenger coach, in a public place or building, or at a public gathering; or
3. is drunk or intoxicated from any cause.

Disturbing the peace of a person is an element of the subsection D offense. That offense is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100, by 5 to 30 days in jail, or by both. Laws 2025, chapter 486 amended the section effective January 1, 2026, as part of the class-system conformity changes described below.

Riot, unlawful assembly and other public-order offenses

Title 21 has two layers of riot law: older 1910 sections (1311 to 1317) and a 1969 act (1320.1 to 1320.5) whose felony classes were updated in 2025 for the January 1, 2026 sentencing reform.

• Riot (21 O.S. 1311, 1312). Riot is "any use of force or violence, or any threat to use force or violence if accompanied by immediate power of execution, by three or more persons acting together and without authority of law." Section 1312 grades it by role and circumstance: if murder, maiming, robbery, rape or arson is committed in the course of the riot, a participant is guilty of a Class A1 felony punishable in the same manner as a principal in that crime; resisting the law or obstructing officers, or carrying a firearm or deadly weapon or being disguised, is a Class B3 felony (2 to 10 years); directing or encouraging a riot is a Class B1 felony (2 to 20 years); other participation is a misdemeanor.
• Obstructing a street or highway (21 O.S. 1312(5)). Unlawfully obstructing the normal use of a public street, highway or road by impeding motor vehicle traffic, by standing in or approaching vehicles on it, or by endangering the safe movement of vehicles or pedestrians is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in county jail, a fine of $100 to $5,000, or both.
• Rout and unlawful assembly (21 O.S. 1313 to 1315). Three or more persons who assemble with intent or means to do an act that would be riot, or who assemble without authority of law "in such a manner as is adapted to disturb the public peace, or excite public alarm," form an unlawful assembly. Participating is a misdemeanor.
• Staying when an assembly turns to riot (21 O.S. 1317). When three or more people assemble lawfully and then proceed to an act that would be riot, anyone who does not leave once the change of purpose is made known is guilty of a misdemeanor; public officers and persons helping them disperse the group are excepted.
• Remaining after a warning to disperse (21 O.S. 1316). Remaining at a riot, rout or unlawful assembly after it has been lawfully warned to disperse is a misdemeanor; public officers and persons assisting them are excepted.
• Unlawful assembly under the 1969 act (21 O.S. 1320.3, 1320.5). Assembling or acting in concert with four or more persons to engage in riot, or remaining at the scene of a riot after being instructed to disperse by law authorities, is a Class B5 felony punishable by not more than 5 years in prison, a fine of not more than $5,000, or both.
• Incitement to riot (21 O.S. 1320.2, 1320.4). Urging others to commit unlawful force or violence, unlawful burning or destroying of property, or unlawful interference with officers, with intent to cause, aid or abet a riot, is a Class B4 felony punishable by not more than 10 years, a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.
• State of emergency offenses (21 O.S. 1321.4 to 1321.8). When the Governor proclaims a state of emergency for a public disorder, disaster or riot, the proclamation may impose a curfew and limit gatherings in the affected area; violating the act or the proclamation is a misdemeanor where no specific penalty applies (1321.4, 1321.6). During the emergency, refusing an official direction to leave a public way is a misdemeanor (1321.8(B)); riot, defined there as participating with two or more persons in a course of disorderly conduct with intent to commit a crime or to prevent or coerce official action, or where a participant uses or plans to use a firearm or deadly weapon, is a Class B4 felony punishable by 2 to 10 years (1321.8(A), (C)); and maliciously damaging property or injuring another is also a Class B4 felony with 2 to 10 years (1321.7).
• Wearing a mask during a crime (21 O.S. 1301). Wearing a mask, hood or covering that conceals identity during the commission of a crime or for coercion, intimidation or harassment is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $50 to $500, up to 1 year in county jail, or both. The section exempts children's Halloween pranks, masquerade parties, public parades or exhibitions of an educational, religious or historical character, meetings inside an organization's own building or enclosure, and parades or exhibitions of circuses and similar shows.
• Masked entry with intent to injure (21 O.S. 1302). A masked or disguised person who enters another's premises, or demands admission to another's house or enclosure, with intent to inflict bodily injury or injury to property commits a Class B5 felony: a fine of $50 to $500 and 1 to 5 years.
• Disturbing a lawful meeting (21 O.S. 1361). Willfully disturbing or breaking up a lawful assembly or meeting without authority of law is a misdemeanor (the section excludes religious meetings, public meetings of electors and funerals).
• Disturbing religious worship (21 O.S. 915, 916). Willfully disturbing, interrupting or disquieting a religious worship assembly by an act listed in section 916 is a misdemeanor punishable by up to $500, up to 1 year in county jail, or both; a second or subsequent offense is a felony punishable by up to $1,000, up to 2 years, or both. The listed acts are profane discourse, rude or indecent acts or unnecessary noise in or near the meeting; knowingly blocking another person's entry to or exit from the meeting place; knowingly approaching within 8 feet of a person, without consent, to hand out a leaflet, show a sign, or protest, educate or counsel on the public way or sidewalk within 100 feet of an entrance door; and obstructing free passage along a highway to the meeting within one mile. Senate Bill 743 made these changes effective February 6, 2026.
• Funeral picketing (21 O.S. 1380). Picketing within 1,000 feet of the property line of a cemetery, church, mortuary or other place where any part of a funeral service is held, from 2 hours before the scheduled start until 2 hours after the services end, is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $500, up to 30 days in county jail, or both.
• Firing a weapon in a public place (21 O.S. 1364). Willfully discharging a pistol, rifle, shotgun, airgun or other weapon, or throwing a missile, in a public place or where a person is endangered is a misdemeanor.
• Obstructing state buildings (21 O.S. 1379.1). Obstructing or impeding passage through or within a state-owned or state-leased building, office or facility is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in county jail, a fine of up to $500, or both.
• Riding a train without authority (21 O.S. 1365). Riding on top of, between or under railroad cars, or in a freight car, without the conductor's authority is a misdemeanor for anyone other than an on-duty railway employee.
• Projecting an object at an event (21 O.S. 1377). Throwing or otherwise projecting an object that could cause bodily harm at an athletic or other public entertainment event is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $100, and the person may be ejected; participants in the event are excluded.
• Bypassing a security checkpoint (21 O.S. 1379). Willfully bypassing a posted security checkpoint without authorization, or helping someone else bypass it, is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in county jail, a fine of up to $1,000, or both.

False reports, bomb threats and threats of violence

Making a knowingly false report of a crime that causes police action or investigation is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in county jail, a fine of up to $500, or both (21 O.S. 589(A)). Knowingly giving police false information about a missing child that triggers an AMBER alert is a Class D3 felony (589(B)).

Making a threat, or conveying information known to be false, about an attempt to kill, injure or intimidate anyone or to damage property with an explosive, incendiary device or simulated bomb is a Class D1 felony punishable by imprisonment under section 20N (up to 5 years for a first offender), a fine of up to $10,000, or both (21 O.S. 1767.1(A)(7), 1767.2). A terrorism hoax is a Class B4 felony punishable by up to 10 years, with restitution and reimbursement of emergency-response costs (21 O.S. 1268.4).

Threatening to perform an act of violence involving serious bodily harm or death of another person is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months in county jail (21 O.S. 1378(B)). Intentionally interrupting or interfering with an emergency telephone call, or preventing another person from placing one, is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in county jail, a fine of up to $3,000, or both (21 O.S. 1211.1).

Criminal trespass in Oklahoma

Oklahoma has no first, second or third degree of criminal trespass. Its statutes grade trespass by the kind of property and by what the trespasser does there, and most simple trespass is punished by a fine only.

Being told to leave, and when entry is allowed

The basic statute, 21 O.S. 1835(A), reaches anyone who "shall willfully or maliciously enter the garden, yard, pasture or field of another after being expressly forbidden to do so or without permission by the owner or lawful occupant thereof." It also covers a person who fails to leave the premises of a lodging establishment under section 508 of Title 15.

Section 1835 lists people who may enter such land "unless forbidden to do so, either orally or in writing, by the owner or lawful occupier": registered land surveyors and professional engineers, people making a delivery, selling a product or service, conducting a survey or poll, or working for a political candidate, and people with a legitimate reason for entering who immediately seek to conduct business. Once the owner or occupier forbids them orally or in writing, that permission ends. The statute also excludes peace officers, government employees performing their duties, firefighters, emergency medical and public utility workers addressing an emergency, and parties engaged in oil and gas operations.

A separate business-premises rule, 21 O.S. 1835.1, lets a business forbid entry by a person convicted of a crime involving entry onto, or criminal acts on, the business's property, by giving the notice the section describes. Willfully entering or remaining after being expressly forbidden that way is trespass punishable by a fine of up to $250, up to 30 days in county jail, or both.

Trespass penalties under section 1835

• Simple trespass (1835(A)). A fine of not more than $250, with no jail term in the text.
• Trespass with waste, theft or damage (1835(B)). Entering and committing or attempting waste, theft or damage is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $50 to $500, 30 days to 6 months in county jail, or both.
• Other listed property. The section also sets a fine of up to $25 for pecan grove trespass, up to $250 for Grand River Dam Authority property, and a misdemeanor with a fine of up to $500, 30 days to 6 months, or both for the grounds of the Governor's Mansion.

Farm, ranch and forest land: 21 O.S. 1835.2 and the recreation act

Willfully entering private land "primarily devoted to farming, ranching, or forestry purposes" without permission of the surface owner, surface lessee, hunting lessee or lawful occupant is trespass punishable by a fine of not less than $750 nor more than $2,000, and the court "shall order restitution for actual damages incurred." A second or subsequent offense is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $1,500 to $2,500, 30 days to 6 months in county jail, or both, plus restitution. Willfully or maliciously entering such land and committing or attempting waste, theft or damage is a misdemeanor with a fine of at least $1,000, 30 days to 6 months in county jail, or both (at least $2,500 for a repeat), plus restitution (1835.2(A)(4)). Section 1835.2(C) provides that "it shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution" under that paragraph "that the accused had express or implied permission or legal authority to be on the property." Section 1835.2(C)(2) adds an affirmative defense for a person on adjoining property who reasonably believed he or she had permission and carried written permission from the owner, lessee or occupant of the neighboring land, subject to the exceptions in that paragraph.

The Oklahoma Private Lands and Public Recreation Act (21 O.S. 1835.3 to 1835.10) adds a citation scheme for people on such land for recreation, such as entering without consent or staying after being asked to leave. Under section 1835.5, a person on another's land "without other explanation" is presumed to be there for recreational use; "the absence of posting shall not by itself be sufficient to imply consent"; "consent shall not be implied if the land is posted"; and the recreational user must establish implied consent as an affirmative defense. Section 1835.7 sets a fine of $250 or up to 10 days for a first violation, $500 or up to 20 days for a second within one year, and $2,500 or up to 6 months, or both, for a third or later conviction within one year of the first. Recreational trespass while driving a motor vehicle in a way that endangers others or damages the land is an aggravated violation: a fine of $500 or up to 10 days, with up to 20 days and up to 6 months for repeat convictions within a year (1835.9). After a conviction under the act, the agency that issued a hunting, fishing or other recreational license may revoke it and refuse a replacement for up to one year from the violation (1835.10).

Notice: signs and fences, no purple paint

Oklahoma's trespass statutes recognize posting by signs and fencing. The recreation act turns on whether land "is posted" (1835.5); the hunting law bars driving a motor vehicle on "lands that are fenced and posted or are in cultivation" without permission (29 O.S. 5-202(E)); the fishing law prohibits "trespassing on lands which are fenced and exhibit posted signs at all entrances" (29 O.S. 6-304(E)); and a critical infrastructure facility qualifies if it is fenced or clearly marked with signs (21 O.S. 1792(D)). A fenced utility or defense-production facility may post a sign reading "No Entry Without Permission" at each gate, dock or railway entrance and every 100 feet of water front; willfully entering premises posted that way without permission is punishable by up to 10 days, a fine of up to $50, or both (21 O.S. 1265.7). The fishing-consent rule does not apply to land with no resident on it unless the owner or an agent conspicuously posts a notice of objection (29 O.S. 6-304(C)(1)). The trespass and posting provisions of Titles 21 and 29 contain no purple paint or paint-mark provision.

Critical infrastructure: 21 O.S. 1792

Willfully trespassing or entering property containing a critical infrastructure facility without permission of the owner or lawful occupant is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000, six months in county jail, or both. A facility counts if it is "completely enclosed by a fence or other physical barrier that is obviously designed to exclude intruders," or clearly marked with signs; railroad tracks and switching yards are among the listed facilities.

If the trespasser's intent "is to willfully damage, destroy, vandalize, deface, tamper with equipment, or impede or inhibit operations of the facility," the offense is a Class D3 felony with a fine of not less than $10,000, imprisonment under section 20P (not more than 2 years for a person with no prior felony; longer ranges apply under 20P(C) after prior convictions), or both. Willfully damaging, destroying, vandalizing, defacing or tampering with equipment in such a facility is a separate Class D3 felony under 1792(B) punishable by a fine of $100,000, up to 10 years, or both; section 20P(E) leaves that offense on its own penalty text.

House Bill 4108 (2026), approved by the Governor on May 7, 2026, adds the operational area of an airport (runways, taxiways, ramps, aprons, aircraft parking, fuel storage and maintenance areas) to the list, effective November 1, 2026; it does not apply before that date.

Hunting and fishing on another's land

Under 29 O.S. 5-202, no person may hunt or take game by any means on the land of another without the consent of the owner, lessee or occupant. A first conviction is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $500 to $1,500, 30 days in county jail, or both; a second or later conviction carries a fine of $1,500 to $2,500, at least 6 months in county jail, or both, and automatically revokes the person's hunting or fishing license for 1 to 10 years as the court sets, or one year if the court sets no period (29 O.S. 5-202(I), (J), 5-202.1). Prosecution starts only on the written complaint of the owner, lessee or occupant, filed with a court or given to a game warden or arresting officer.

Under 29 O.S. 6-304, fishing on another's land without consent is punishable, for a first violation, by a fine of $50 to $500, 30 days in county jail, or both, plus actual damages; a second or later violation is a misdemeanor with a fine of $500 to $1,000, 30 days to 6 months in county jail, or both, plus damages (6-304(F)).

Railroad property, drones and posted business areas

• Railroad property (21 O.S. 1752.1). Entering or remaining on railroad property without the consent of the owner or its agent, knowing it is railroad property, is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in county jail, a fine of up to $1,000, or both. It is a Class D1 felony (up to 5 years for a first offender under section 20N) if it causes loss over $1,500 or bodily injury, and discharging a firearm or weapon at a train is also a Class D1 felony. The section does not restrict the lawful use of a public or private crossing.
• Drones (21 O.S. 1743). Using a drone to trespass onto private property or into airspace within 400 feet above ground level with intent to subject anyone to eavesdropping or other surveillance, or intentionally landing a drone on another's private land or waters without the owner's or lessee's consent, is a misdemeanor, subject to the exceptions in the section.
• Entering with criminal intent (21 O.S. 1438(A), (C)). Entering a building or structure with intent to commit a felony, larceny or malicious mischief, in circumstances not amounting to burglary, is a misdemeanor. Entering an area of a business reserved for personnel where money or property is kept, or one clearly marked with a sign forbidding public entry, with intent to commit a crime is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in county jail, a fine of up to $500, or both; a second or subsequent conviction is a felony punishable by up to 2 years, a fine of up to $1,000, or both.

Breaking into a dwelling, squatting and burglary

• Breaking and entering without criminal intent (21 O.S. 1438(B)). Willfully and intentionally breaking and entering a building, trailer, vessel or other premises used as a dwelling, without the owner's or occupant's permission and "without the intention to commit any crime therein," is a misdemeanor.
• Forcible entry and detainer (21 O.S. 1351). Using, procuring, encouraging or assisting the use of force or violence to enter or keep possession of another's land, except as allowed by law, is a misdemeanor.
• Returning after lawful removal (21 O.S. 1352). A person removed from land by legal process, or by a court's adjudication or direction, who returns without legal authority to settle or reside there is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• Squatting on city land (21 O.S. 1353). Intruding or squatting on a lot in an incorporated city or town without the owner's license, or erecting or occupying a hut, shanty or other structure there or within a street, is a misdemeanor.
• Squatter damage (21 O.S. 1355). Added by Laws 2024, chapter 378 (effective June 5, 2024), this makes it a felony, punishable by up to 3 years or a fine of up to $10,000 or both, for a person who unlawfully detains, occupies or trespasses on a property, intentionally damages the dwelling by $1,000 or more, and is removed from the property under that act.
• False lease or deed (21 O.S. 1356). Knowingly presenting a false lease, deed or other instrument, with intent to detain or remain on real property, is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in county jail, a fine of up to $1,000, or both.

The same 2024 act lets an owner ask the sheriff for immediate removal of an unlawful occupant when its conditions are met (21 O.S. 1354); our Oklahoma squatters' rights page covers that procedure. Entry becomes burglary when it is breaking and entering with intent to commit a crime. Breaking into a dwelling while someone is inside is first-degree burglary, a Class B1 felony that section 1436 punishes by 7 to 20 years (21 O.S. 1431, 1436). Breaking into an unoccupied dwelling, a building or structure where property is kept, or a vending machine, with intent to steal or commit a felony, is second-degree burglary, which section 1435(A) labels a Class C1 felony punished under section 20L (up to 8 years for a first offender); section 20M separately lists commercial-building and vending-machine second-degree burglary among Class C2 offenses. For what the law allows against an intruder, see Oklahoma self-defense laws.

Penalty table

Where a misdemeanor statute sets no punishment of its own, 21 O.S. 10 applies: "every offense declared to be a misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or both," except where a different punishment is prescribed by law. Felony classes come from the Oklahoma Sentencing Modernization Act (21 O.S. 20A to 20P); for the full class table, see Oklahoma felony classes and misdemeanor penalties.

Recent changes

• January 1, 2026: felony classes. The Oklahoma Sentencing Modernization Act of 2024 (Laws 2024, chapter 366, adding 21 O.S. 20A) placed felonies into lettered classes effective January 1, 2026. Laws 2025, chapter 486 conformed the sections on this page that carry felony grades, including 1302, 1320.2 to 1320.5, 1431, 1435 and 1792, and amended the public intoxication section, 37A O.S. 6-101, on the same date. Sections 1362, 1363, 1361, 1835, 1835.1, 1835.2 and 1353 to 1356 show no 2025 amendment.
• February 6, 2026: worship disruption. Senate Bill 743 (emergency clause, approved February 6, 2026) set the penalty for disturbing religious worship at up to 1 year and $500, made a second or later offense a felony, and added the entrance-obstruction and 8-foot approach rules to 21 O.S. 916.
• June 5, 2024: squatting. Laws 2024, chapter 378 added the sheriff removal procedure, the squatter damage felony (1355) and the false lease or deed misdemeanor (1356).
• November 1, 2026 (future): airports. House Bill 4108, approved by the Governor on May 7, 2026, adds airport operational areas to the critical infrastructure definition in 21 O.S. 1792, effective November 1, 2026.

Related Oklahoma pages

• Disorderly conduct and trespass laws by state
• Oklahoma noise laws and quiet hours
• Oklahoma felony classes and misdemeanor penalties
• Oklahoma squatters' rights
• Oklahoma self-defense laws
• Oklahoma expungement laws
• How to charge someone with trespassing

Federal law separately governs conduct on federal property and at the U.S. Capitol; the disorderly conduct and trespass laws by state hub covers it.

This article provides general legal information about Oklahoma law, not legal advice. For advice about a specific situation, contact a lawyer licensed in Oklahoma.

Last updated: 2026-10-18.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is disorderly conduct a misdemeanor in Oklahoma?

Oklahoma has no general offense named disorderly conduct; Title 21 defines the term only for riot during a declared state of emergency, which is a Class B4 felony (21 O.S. 1321.8). Its disturbing-the-peace statute, 21 O.S. 1362, and its breach-of-the-peace statute for insulting language, 21 O.S. 1363, are misdemeanors punishable by a fine of up to $100, up to 30 days in county jail, or both.

Can you be charged with disturbing the peace for swearing in Oklahoma?

Section 1362 lists abusive, violent, obscene or profane language as one way to willfully or maliciously disturb the peace and quiet of a place, family or person. Section 1363 covers profane or insulting language toward or about a person, in that person's presence or hearing, that in its common meaning is calculated to arouse anger or cause a breach of the peace or an assault.

Is public intoxication illegal in Oklahoma?

Yes. Being intoxicated in a public place is a misdemeanor under 37A O.S. 6-101(A)(8) and 6-125, punishable by up to $500, up to 6 months, or both. Drinking in public or being drunk and disturbing the peace of any person is a separate misdemeanor under 6-101(D): $10 to $100, 5 to 30 days in jail, or both.

Is trespassing a felony in Oklahoma?

Most trespass is fine-only or a misdemeanor. Felony forms include trespass on a critical infrastructure facility with intent to damage, tamper with equipment or impede operations (Class D3, 21 O.S. 1792); railroad trespass that causes loss over $1,500 or bodily injury (Class D1, 21 O.S. 1752.1); a second conviction for entering a posted or staff-only business area with intent to commit a crime (up to 2 years, 21 O.S. 1438(C)); masked entry with intent to injure (Class B5, 21 O.S. 1302); and an unlawful occupant who intentionally damages a dwelling by $1,000 or more and is removed under the 2024 squatter act (up to 3 years, 21 O.S. 1355). Breaking and entering with intent to commit a crime can be burglary.

What is the fine for trespassing in Oklahoma?

Entering a garden, yard, pasture or field after being forbidden carries a fine of up to $250 (21 O.S. 1835(A)). On land primarily devoted to farming, ranching or forestry, a first offense carries a fine of $750 to $2,000 plus restitution, and a second or later offense is a misdemeanor with a fine of $1,500 to $2,500, 30 days to 6 months in jail, or both (21 O.S. 1835.2).

Does Oklahoma have a purple paint law?

No. The trespass and posting provisions in Titles 21 and 29 contain no purple paint provision; they refer to posted signs and fencing.

What happens if a business tells you not to come back in Oklahoma?

Under 21 O.S. 1835.1, a business may forbid entry by a person convicted of a crime involving entry onto or criminal acts on its property by giving the notice the section describes. Willfully entering or remaining after that is trespass punishable by up to $250, up to 30 days, or both.

Is unlawful assembly a felony in Oklahoma?

It can be. Acting with four or more persons to engage in riot, or remaining at a riot after being instructed to disperse, is a Class B5 felony punishable by up to 5 years (21 O.S. 1320.3, 1320.5). The older rout and unlawful assembly sections (21 O.S. 1313 to 1316) are misdemeanors.