A nuisance consists in unlawfully doing an act, or omitting to perform a duty, which act or omission either: First. Annoys, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, or safety of others; or Second. Offends decency; or Third. Unlawfully interferes with, obstructs or tends to obstruct, or renders dangerous for passage, any lake or navigable […]
A. As used in this section: 1. “Agricultural activities” includes, but is not limited to, the growing or raising of horticultural and viticultural crops, berries, poultry, livestock, aquaculture, grain, mint, hay, dairy products and forestry activities. “Agricultural activities” also includes improvements or expansion to the activities provided for in this paragraph including, but not limited […]
A private person may maintain an action for a public nuisance if it is specially injurious to himself, but not otherwise. R.L.1910, § 4259.
A public nuisance may be abated by any public body or officer authorized thereto by law. R.L.1910, § 4260.
Any person may abate a public nuisance which is specially injurious to him, by removing or, if necessary, destroying the thing which constitutes the same, without committing a breach of the peace or doing unnecessary injury. R.L.1910, § 4261.
The remedies against a private nuisance are: 1. A civil action; or, 2. Abatement. R.L.1910, § 4262.
A person injured by a private nuisance may abate it by removing, or, if necessary, destroying the thing which constitutes the nuisance, without committing a breach of the peace or doing unnecessary injury. R.L.1910, § 4263.
Where a private nuisance results from a mere omission of the wrongdoer, and cannot be abated without entering upon his land, reasonable notice must be given to him before entering to abate it. R.L.1910, § 4264.
A. Cities and towns in this state shall have the right and power to determine what is and what shall constitute a nuisance within their respective corporate limits, and for the protection of the public health, the public parks and the public water supply, shall have such power outside of the corporate limits; and wherever […]
In cases where it is deemed impractical summarily to abate any such nuisance such city or town may bring suit in the district court of the county in which such nuisance is located, and it is hereby made the duty of the governing body of any such city or town, by the adoption of a […]
A public nuisance is one which affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon the individuals may be unequal. R.L.1910, § 4251.
The board of county commissioners of any county in this state with a population in excess of five hundred fifty thousand (550,000) may declare what shall constitute a nuisance, and provide for the prevention, removal and abatement of nuisances for those properties acquired by the county through resale and any property located within an unincorporated […]
The repeated use of any real property or structure thereon to commit acts which result in a felony conviction under the Oklahoma Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act may constitute a public nuisance. Added by Laws 1998, c. 326, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 381, § 2, eff. July 1, […]
Every nuisance not included in the definition of the last section is private. R.L. 1910, § 4252.
Nothing which is done or maintained under the express authority of a statute can be deemed a nuisance. R.L.1910, § 4253.
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain a slaughterhouse within less than one-half (1/2) mile of any tract of land platted into lots and blocks as an addition to any town or city within the State of Oklahoma, except in conformity with the zoning ordinances of said town or city, or to maintain […]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to lay out, establish, or use for burial purposes any cemetery, graveyard or burial grounds less than three-fourths (3/4) of one (1) mile from the incorporated line of any city of more than five thousand (5,000) inhabitants within this state, or within four (4) […]
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 42 of Title 50 of the Oklahoma Statutes, governing boards of any incorporated municipality shall be authorized to permit the burial of human remains or the relocation of human remains to a new burial place on the grounds of a public institution or private facility located within the municipal boundaries […]
The maintaining of any slaughterhouse or location and use of any graveyard or cemetery in violation of the provisions of this article, is declared to be a nuisance, and any person owning real estate within any such addition to a town or city, or within lands so platted and set apart to be sold for […]
It shall be the duty of any sheriff, constable or other police officer to make complaint against such nuisance and hasten its abatement as herein provided. R.L.1910, § 4268.
