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Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-138.10: Payment and collection of costs

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  2. Title 19

A. The court shall order any person represented by a county

indigent defender to pay the costs of representation. In assessing

these costs, the court shall take into consideration the ability of

the defendant to pay and any likely hardship which would result.

The court may then order payment to be made in total or in

installments and, in the case of installment payments, set the

amount and due date of each installment.

B. Costs assessed pursuant to this section shall be collected

by the court clerk and deposited in the court fund.

C. Costs of representation shall be a debt against the person

represented until paid and shall be subject to any method provided

by law for the collection of debts.

D. Any order directing the defendant to pay costs of

representation shall be a lien against all real and personal

property of the defendant and may be filed against such property and

foreclosed as provided by law for such liens.

E. For purposes of collection of debts arising from the

provisions of this section, the court clerks for the district courts

of this state are authorized to utilize the procedures provided in

Section 205.2 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes in the same

manner and to the same extent as a state agency and the Oklahoma Tax

Commission is directed to provide the same service to court clerks

attempting to collect such debts pursuant to Section 205.2 of Title

68 of the Oklahoma Statutes as it provides to state agencies.

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