TAMPERING WITH UTILITIES AND/OR THEFT OF UTILITY SERVICES

Oklahoma City Municipal Code ch. 55, art. IV

in effect

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 55-150 Definitions.

§ 55-150. - Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them below, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (a) Utility means any person, firm, corporation, district or association, whether private, municipal, body politic, or cooperative, which is engaged in the sale, generation, distribution or delivery of electricity, water, gas, trash, or solid waste services. (b) Person means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association. (c) Utility service means the furnishing, sale, generation, distribution or delivery of electricity, water, gas or solid waste products and/or services by a utility as defined herein. (d) Water means any water product and/or service furnished by a utility including, but not limited to, raw water, treated water, recycled water, wastewater, and sewer services. (e) Meter or metering device means any equipment, apparatus, structure, process, or system used to measure, register or restrict the delivery, use or receipt of utility service. (Ord. No. 25027, § 1, 11-18-14)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 55-151 Scope.

§ 55-151. - Scope. This article shall not be construed as repealing any laws of the state relating to the powers, duties or jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, but rather, shall be auxiliary and supplementary thereto. (Ord. No. 25027, § 1, 11-18-14)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 55-152 Benefiting from utility service through tampering.

§ 55-152. - Benefiting from utility service through tampering. It shall be unlawful for any person to: (a) Alter, tamper with, injure, or knowingly allow or benefit from the altering, tampering with or injuring of any pipeline, line, wire, conduit, conductor, meter, meter seal, transformer, cart, hydrants, manholes, flumes, or other equipment used by a utility to deliver, measure or register service; (b) Prevent any installed metering device from measuring or registering correctly the quantity of service provided or passing through such metering, measuring, or registering device; (c) Make or cause to be made any connection between any pipeline, line, wire, conduit, conductor, meter, meter seal, transformer, cart, hydrant, manhole, flume, or other equipment in such manner as to prevent the correct measurement or registration of service by any metering device or to otherwise use utility service without the consent of the utility; or (d) Supply or cause to be supplied any utility to any person without such service first passing through the metering device provided by the utility for measuring and registering the quantity of service. (Ord. No. 25027, § 1, 11-18-14)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 55-153 Obtaining utility service through false information.

§ 55-153. - Obtaining utility service through false information. It shall be unlawful for any person to: (a) open a utility account with another person's name, identity, bank account, debit card or credit card; or (b) open a utility account with an alias, false or fictitious name, identity, bank account, debit card or credit card. (Ord. No. 25027, § 1, 11-18-14)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 55-154 Unauthorized use of utility service.

§ 55-154. - Unauthorized use of utility service. It shall be unlawful for any person to: (a) tap or connect to a water main or City water service line or accept or use water service without first obtaining a City issued permit, without installing a City meter, or without establishing a City utility account as required by this chapter; (b) tap or connect to a water hydrant or accept or use water services from a water hydrant other than as required by this chapter; (c) tap or connect, directly or indirectly, to a City sewer main or manhole or accept or use sewer services, directly or indirectly, through a City sewer main or manhole other than as required by Chapter 47; (d) discharge, directly or indirectly, into a City sanitary sewer main or manhole other than as required by Chapter 47; or (e) dispose or dump collectible solid waste or non-collectible waste as defined in Chapter 49, directly or indirectly, into a City-issued cart of another or a bulky waste pile on the property another for collection or disposal by the City or its solid waste collection agents and contractors. (Ord. No. 25027, § 1, 11-18-14)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 55-155 Exceptions.

§ 55-155. - Exceptions. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to licensed and certified contractors while performing usual and ordinary services in accordance with recognized standards. (Ord. No. 25027, § 1, 11-18-14)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 55-156 Penalties.

§ 55-156. - Penalties. (a) Any person who violates any provision of this article shall be guilty of a Class "a" offense. For any second or subsequent offense and upon proof of a prior conviction, said person shall be guilty of a Class "b" offense. (b) A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation of this article occurs or continues. (Ord. No. 25027, § 1, 11-18-14)

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_CH55UT_ARTIVTAUTTHUTSEFetched: 10/28/2026