(A) The remedies against a public nuisance are:
(1) Prosecution on information or indictment before another appropriate court;
(2) Civil action;
(3) Abatement by:
(a) Any person may abate a public nuisance which is specially injurious to him or her, by removing or, if necessary, destroying the thing which constitutes the same, without committing a breach of the peace or doing unnecessary injury; or
(b) The town in accordance with law or ordinance.
(4) Prosecution on complaint before the municipal court.
(B) The remedies against a private nuisances are:
(1) Civil action; or
(2) Abatement by:
(a) A person injured by a private nuisance may abate it by removing, or, if necessary, destroying the thing which constitutes the nuisance, without committing a breach of the peace or doing unnecessary injury;
(b) Where a private nuisance results from a mere omission of the wrongdoer, and cannot be abated without entering upon his or her land, reasonable notice must be given to him or her before entering to abate it; or
(c) The town in accordance with law or ordinance
(Prior Code, § 8-404)
Statutory reference:
Abatement by person injured, see 50 O.S. § 12
Abatement of private nuisance, see 50 O.S. § 14
Notice, when required, see 50 O.S. § 15
Remedies against private nuisance, see 50 O.S. § 13