Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-28-113: Commencement of prosecution - Style – Procedure –

Schedule of fines.

A. All prosecutions commenced in a municipal criminal court of

record shall be by information, pursuant to Section 16-108 of Title

47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for traffic offenses and by information

as in the district courts in other cases, which shall be subscribed

by the person making complaint and shall be verified before a judge,

the court clerk, or a deputy court clerk. All prosecutions for the

violation of municipal ordinances shall be styled, "The City of

_______ (naming the municipality) vs. __________ (naming the person

or persons charged)".

B. Upon receipt of a traffic ticket or complaint by the court

clerk, other than a traffic ticket which has been signed by the

arrested person as a plea of guilty, the court clerk shall either

prepare a copy of the ticket or complaint and deliver the original

or duplicate original to the municipal attorney, or record the

ticket on a list maintained in the clerk's office and deliver the

ticket to the municipal attorney for his disposition. After

disposition of the ticket by the municipal attorney, the name shall

be removed from the list by the court clerk. A traffic ticket or

complaint that is certified by the arresting officer, the

complainant, or the municipal attorney, shall constitute an

information against the person arrested and served with the traffic

ticket or complaint. The ticket or complaint shall be endorsed by

the municipal attorney before it is filed with the court clerk;

except if the person arrested and served with a traffic ticket or

complaint either at the time he is arrested or at a subsequent time

shall indicate in writing on the ticket or complaint, above his

signature, that he elects to plead guilty to the violation charged,

the traffic ticket or complaint shall be filed with the court clerk,

as an information, without the endorsement of the municipal

attorney, and it shall be the duty of the court clerk to notify the

municipal attorney as to the fact of such filing.

C. The municipal governing body, by ordinance, may prescribe a

schedule of fines for nonjury cases which a defendant may pay in

lieu of an appearance before the municipal court, and such payment

shall constitute a final determination of the cause against the

defendant; provided, however, this subsection shall not apply to

those offenses for which the penalty is a fine of more than Five

Hundred Dollars ($500.00).