Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-180: Magistrate absent - Taking defendant before another

When, by the preceding sections of this chapter, the defendant

is required to be taken before the magistrate who issued the

warrant, he may, if the magistrate be absent or unable to act, be

taken before the nearest or most accessible magistrate in the same

county. The officer must, at the same time, deliver to the

magistrate the warrant, with the return endorsed and subscribed by

him.