2023 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 15. Contracts
§15-508. Ejection of guests.

A. An innkeeper may eject a person from the lodging establishment premises for any of the following:

1. Nonpayment of the lodging establishment charges for accommodations or services;

2. The individual is disorderly or visibly intoxicated, so as to create a public nuisance;

3. The innkeeper reasonably believes that the individual is using the premises for unlawful purposes including, but not limited to, the unlawful use or possession of controlled substances or for the consumption of alcohol by any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years in violation of any statute, ordinance or regulation;

4. Violations of any federal, state or local laws or regulations relating to the lodging establishment; or

5. Violations of any rule of the lodging establishment which is posted in a conspicuous place and manner in the lodging establishment, however, no such rule may authorize the innkeeper to eject or to refuse or deny service or accommodations to a person because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, disability or marital status.

B. After an innkeeper informs a person that he or she is being ejected for a reason stated in subsection A of this section the person is now considered a trespasser and not a guest of the lodging establishment. If the person fails to vacate the lodging establishment after being told of his or her ejection by the innkeeper, the person shall be removed from the lodging establishment by law enforcement for trespassing pursuant to Section 1835 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 1994, c. 79, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 2023, c. 159, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.