{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-116a","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-116a","heading":"Appointment - Qualifications - Political activities -","body":"Application of act - United States and agencies, powers respecting -\n\nArrests - Information - Seal.\n\n(a) A majority of the courts of record of such county shall\n\nappoint a person of good character with training and experience in\n\nprobation, parole or other related form of social case work.\n\n(b) Said probation officer shall not in any manner be concerned\n\nin demanding, soliciting or receiving any assessments, subscriptions\n\nor contributions, whether voluntary or involuntary, to any political\n\nparty. It shall be unlawful for any such person to be in any manner\n\nconcerned with demanding or soliciting such assessments,\n\nsubscriptions or contributions from any person.\n\nAny person who shall violate any of the provisions of this\n\nsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction\n\nthereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred\n\nDollars ($500.00) or imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or\n\nboth, and in addition thereto any person so convicted shall forfeit\n\nhis office or employment and shall not thereafter be employed by the\n\ncourts in any capacity. It shall be the duty of the courts to\n\ndismiss from office any officer or other employee thereof who shall\n\nviolate any of the provisions of this section.\n\n(c) The provisions of this act are hereby extended to all\n\npersons who, at the effective date thereof, may be on probation or\n\nparole, or eligible to be placed on probation or parole under\n\nexisting laws, with the same force and effect as if this act had\n\nbeen in operation at the time such persons were placed on probation\n\nor parole or became eligible to be placed thereon as the case may\n\nbe.\n\n(d) Said probation officer shall have the authority to accept\n\nfrom the United States or any of its agencies and from the State of\n\nOklahoma or any of its agencies, such advisory services, funds,\n\nequipment or supplies as may be made available to said officer for\n\nany of the purposes contemplated by this act, and to enter into such\n\ncontracts and agreements with the United States, or any of its\n\nagencies, the State of Oklahoma or any of its agencies, as may be\n\nnecessary, proper, and convenient, not contrary to the laws of this\n\nstate.\n\n(e) Any probation officer may arrest a probationer or parolee\n\nwithout a warrant or may deputize any other officer with power of\n\narrest to do so by giving him a written statement setting forth that\n\nthe probationer or parolee has, in the judgment of the probation\n\nofficer, violated the conditions of probation.\n\n(f) All penal, eleemosynary or other institution under the\n\njurisdiction of the State of Oklahoma, and any law enforcement\n\nagency or officer of the state or of any city or county within this\n\nstate shall furnish said probation officer with any and all\n\ninformation requested by him pertaining to any person placed on\n\nprobation or under his jurisdiction.\n\n(g) Said officer shall adopt an official seal of which the\n\ncourts shall take judicial notice, said seal shall be placed upon\n\nall official correspondence or papers pertaining to any case coming\n\nwithin his jurisdiction.","path":["OK Code","Title 10"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os10.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"c281de102d93651e42adbff3e219abf16d24d71bec4bf8a0bc486251699f7eb5","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-1160.6","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-116b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}