General prohibitions.
Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 5-24
in effect§ 5-24. - General prohibitions.
No person shall:
(1) Knowingly sell, deliver or furnish alcoholic beverages to a visibly intoxicated person;
(2) Open a retail container or consume alcoholic beverages on the premises of a package store, grocery store, convenience store or drug store, unless otherwise permitted by law;
(3) Possess, except as provided for in the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, any alcoholic beverages of more than one liter upon which the Oklahoma excise tax is delinquent;
(4) Receive, possess or use any alcoholic beverage in violation of the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act;
(5) Knowingly transport within the City more than one liter of alcoholic beverages upon which the Oklahoma excise tax has not been paid unless the person accompanying or in charge of the vehicle transporting same shall possess a true copy of a bill of lading, invoice, manifest or other document particularly identifying that alcoholic beverages are being transported and showing the name and address of the consignor and consignee; provided, this prohibition shall not apply to the first 180 liters of alcoholic beverages classified as household goods by military personnel, age 21 or older, when entering the City from temporary active assignment outside the contiguous United States;
(6) Knowingly transport in any vehicle upon a public highway, street or alley any alcoholic beverage except in the original container which shall not have been opened and the seal upon which shall not have been broken and from which the original cap or cork shall not have been removed, unless the opened container be in the rear trunk or rear compartment, which shall include the spare tire compartment in a vehicle commonly known as a station wagon and panel truck, or any outside compartment which is not accessible to the driver or any other person in the vehicle while it is in motion;
(7) Consume spirits in public except on the premises of a licensee of the ABLE Commission who is authorized to sell or serve spirits by the individual drink, except as expressly provided by law; or
(8) Forcibly resist lawful arrest, or by physical contact interfere with an investigation of any infringement of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act or with any lawful search or seizure being made by a law enforcement officer or an employee of the ABLE Commission, when such person knows or should know that such acts are being performed by a state, county or municipal officer or an employee of the ABLE Commission.
(Ord. No. 26047, § 2, 11-20-18)
Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKMUCO2020_CH5ALBECO_ARTIVPRACEN_S5-24GEPRFetched: 10/28/2026