Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1274: Informer to pay costs, when

If any informer, under a penal statute, to whom the penalty, or

any part thereof, if recovered, is given, shall dismiss his suit or

prosecution, or fail in the same, he shall pay all costs accruing on

such suit or prosecution, unless he be an officer whose duty it is

to commence the same.