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

Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-64: County without prison

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  2. Title 57

When there is no sufficient prison in any county, every judicial

or executive officer of such county who has power to order or

sentence any person to the county jail, may, upon application of the

sheriff, order any person charged with a criminal offense whereof

such officer has jurisdiction, and ordered to be committed to

prison, to be sent to the jail of the county nearest having a

sufficient jail, and the sheriff of such nearest county shall, on

exhibit of such order, receive and keep in custody, in the jail of

his county, the prisoner ordered to be committed as aforesaid, at

the expense of the county from which said prisoner was sent, and the

said sheriff shall, upon the order of the officer committing such

prisoner, redeliver such prisoner when demanded.

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