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Oklahoma · Snapshot open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14

Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-3-102: Persons under 18 years of age who have fled from

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another state considered adults for purposes of detention only in

certain cases.

Whenever a person under eighteen (18) years of age, who has fled

from another state, is taken into custody, that person shall be

considered an adult only for the purposes of detention if:

1. The person has been charged with commission of an offense in

the other state which is considered a felony in that state; and

2. The person is certified as an adult in that state for the

purpose of criminal prosecution for said felony or has reached the

statutory age of majority in that state; and

3. The other state is seeking the return of the individual to

its jurisdiction and provides written or electronically transmitted

confirmation, which is received within forty-eight (48) hours after

the person is taken into custody.

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