Oklahoma Statutes

Okla. Stat. tit. 50, § 11 (2026)

Abatement by officer

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A public nuisance may be abated by any public body or officer authorized thereto by law. R.L.1910, § 4260.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1995–2021 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Attorney Gen. of Oklahoma v. Johnson & Johnson, 2021 OK 54 (Okla. 2021).

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State Ex Rel. Attorney Gen. of Oklahoma v. Johnson & Johnson, 2021 OK 54 (Okla. 2021). “50 O.S. § 11. A public nuisance is a criminal misdemeanor with a penalty under 21 O.”

Union Texas Petroleum Corp. v. Jackson, 909 P.2d 131 (Okla. Civ. App. 1995). “50 O.S.1991, § 11. Section 5 of Title 50 of the Oklahoma Statutes provides: Every successive owner of property who neglects to abate a continuing nuisance upon, or in the use of such property, created by a former owner, is liable therefor in the same manner as the one who first…”

The Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma v. Blue Tee Corp., 653 F. Supp. 2d 1166 (N.D. Okla. 2009). “While it is true that a “public body or officer” may bring a public nuisance claim, see Okla. Stat. tit. 50, § 11 , this is not a substitute for standing to bring a claim in federal court.”

Cherokee Nation v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (E.D. Okla. 2021). “2d at 1186 (concluding that Quapaw Tribe was a public body or officer, but nonetheless finding that it lacked standing to bring claims that belonged to individual landowners); Okla. Stat. tit. 50 § 11. d. Control of the Instrumentality of the Nuisance Oklahoma law states that,…”

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