Persons liable to punishment.
Tulsa Revised Ordinances tit. 27, § 202
in effectSection 202. - Persons liable to punishment.
A. All persons who commit, in whole or in part, any violation of this code or aid or abet in the commission of any violation of the same are liable to punishment under this code, except those persons belonging to any of the following classes, to-wit:
1. Children under the age of seven (7) years;
2. Children over the age of seven (7) years but under the age of fourteen (14) years, in the absence of proof that at the time of committing the act of neglect charged against them, they knew of its wrongfulness;
3. Persons who are impaired by reason of intellectual disability upon proof that at the time of committing the act charged against them they were incapable of knowing its wrongfulness;
4. Mentally ill persons, and all persons of unsound mind, including persons temporarily or partially deprived of reason, upon proof that at the time of committing the act charged against them they were incapable of knowing its wrongfulness;
5. Persons who commit an offense under ignorance or mistake of fact, which disproves any criminal intent; however, ignorance of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Tulsa shall not excuse any person from punishment for his violation;
6. Persons who commit the act charged without being conscious thereof; and
7. Persons who commit an offense while under involuntary subjection to the power of superiors.
B. No act committed by any person while in a state of voluntary intoxication, either from liquors or drugs, shall be deemed less of an offense by reason of his being in such condition.
(Ord. No. 24066, § 1, 1-9-2019)
Source: City of Tulsa, Revised Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/tulsa/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_TIT27PECO_CH2GEPR_S202PELIPUFetched: 10/28/2026