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

Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-222: Taking prisoner before magistrate

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  2. Title 22

If an arrest is made in this state by an officer of another

state in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of this act he

shall without unnecessary delay take the person arrested before a

magistrate of the county in which the arrest was made, who shall

conduct a hearing for the purpose of determining the lawfulness of

the arrest. If the magistrate determines that the arrest was lawful

he shall commit the person arrested to await for a reasonable time

the issuance of an extradition warrant by the Governor of this state

or admit him to bail for such purpose. If the magistrate determines

that the arrest was unlawful he shall discharge the person arrested.

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