Municipal Charters and Codes
Oklahoma has 733 cities and towns. Municipal codes from 81 of these cities and towns are available through commercial providers. Municipal codes are sometimes available from the website of the city or town.
The publication of Charters and Codes is disorganized because there is no national publication system, and each municipality is responsible for its own publication.
Several companies specialize in providing codification and publication services to municipalities. Some of the more popular of such websites include the following, which are described in more detail on this page:
In addition, the Library of Congress has a site called "Municipal Codes: A Beginner's Guide" (available at http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2013/11/municipal-codes-a-beginners-guide/). This site provides links to current municipal codes, some historical codes, sample codes, and secondary sources.
http://www.codebook.com/listing
There are over 6,000 municipalities available on the site. There is the option to search all or individual for free. However, there are no Oklahoma cities or towns included.
American Legal Publishing has Bethany, Claremore, Durant, Guthrie, Newcastle. They have a total of 2,000 municipalities, all can be searched at once, or search all they have for a State or search individually for codes free in the Code Library.
Includes 1,700 municipalities and each municipality must be searched individually. For Oklahoma, El Reno and the town of Warner are available. Access to the general code can be purchased for $195 per year, and the 1,700 municipalities can be searched at once.
Contains codes from over 2,700 municipalities, including codes from 38 Oklahoma municipalities: Ada, Altus, Alva, Ardmore, Bartlesville. Blackwell, Bristow, Broken Arrow, Broken Bow, Checotah, Collinsville, Cushing, Del City, Edmond, Guymon, Lawton, Lindsay, McAlester, Maimi, Midwest City, Moore, Moore Land Development Code, Mounds, Muskogee, Mustang, Nichols Hills, Nicoma Park, Norman, Oklahoma City, Sallissaw, Shawnee, Stillwater, Tecumseh, Thackerville, Tulsa, and Yukon City.
http://www.codedsystems.com/codelibrary.html
This has municipalities from about 10 States. Weatherford, OK is included. Each code must be searched individually.
http://www.sterlingcodifiers.com
This can be searched by state or by individual municipalities within each state. There are 35 Oklahoma municipalities included: Anadarko, Beaver, Bixby, Catoosa, Chandler, Clinton, Drumright, Duncan, Enid, Eufaula, Fort Gibson, Glenpool, Grove, Harrah, Jones City, Kingfisher, Marlow, McLoud, New Cordell, Okemah, Okmulgee, Perkins, Ponca City, Poteau, Pryor Creek, Sayre, Seiling, Seminole, Shattuck, Skiatook, Stroud, Tahlequah, Warr Acres, Wewoka, and Woodward.
Matthew's Municipal Ordinances
This is available on Westlaw and it is kept current.
Description from Svengalis: "This is the only multi-volume guide to the law and drafting of municipal ordinances. The authors explain how ordinances should be worded and what formal requirements must be satisfied to ensure their surviving court challenges.
"The seven volumes are divided into two parts:
"Part one: contains a discussion of the substantive law and procedure regarding the role of ordinances and their preparation, drafting and construction.
"Part two: encompassing six of the seven volumes, contains forms of ordinances in specific areas of municipal activity, including administrative ordinances, elections, city planning, bond ordinances, environmental protection, traffic and vehicles, animals, crime and offenses, firearms, immoral conduct, nuisances and litter control, and more. An indispensable reference for the municipal attorney or city solicitor's office."
