{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-28-113","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-28-113","heading":"Commencement of prosecution - Style – Procedure –","body":"Schedule of fines.\n\nA. All prosecutions commenced in a municipal criminal court of\n\nrecord shall be by information, pursuant to Section 16-108 of Title\n\n47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for traffic offenses and by information\n\nas in the district courts in other cases, which shall be subscribed\n\nby the person making complaint and shall be verified before a judge,\n\nthe court clerk, or a deputy court clerk. All prosecutions for the\n\nviolation of municipal ordinances shall be styled, \"The City of\n\n_______ (naming the municipality) vs. __________ (naming the person\n\nor persons charged)\".\n\nB. Upon receipt of a traffic ticket or complaint by the court\n\nclerk, other than a traffic ticket which has been signed by the\n\narrested person as a plea of guilty, the court clerk shall either\n\nprepare a copy of the ticket or complaint and deliver the original\n\nor duplicate original to the municipal attorney, or record the\n\nticket on a list maintained in the clerk's office and deliver the\n\nticket to the municipal attorney for his disposition. After\n\ndisposition of the ticket by the municipal attorney, the name shall\n\nbe removed from the list by the court clerk. A traffic ticket or\n\ncomplaint that is certified by the arresting officer, the\n\ncomplainant, or the municipal attorney, shall constitute an\n\ninformation against the person arrested and served with the traffic\n\nticket or complaint. The ticket or complaint shall be endorsed by\n\nthe municipal attorney before it is filed with the court clerk;\n\nexcept if the person arrested and served with a traffic ticket or\n\ncomplaint either at the time he is arrested or at a subsequent time\n\nshall indicate in writing on the ticket or complaint, above his\n\nsignature, that he elects to plead guilty to the violation charged,\n\nthe traffic ticket or complaint shall be filed with the court clerk,\n\nas an information, without the endorsement of the municipal\n\nattorney, and it shall be the duty of the court clerk to notify the\n\nmunicipal attorney as to the fact of such filing.\n\nC. The municipal governing body, by ordinance, may prescribe a\n\nschedule of fines for nonjury cases which a defendant may pay in\n\nlieu of an appearance before the municipal court, and such payment\n\nshall constitute a final determination of the cause against the\n\ndefendant; provided, however, this subsection shall not apply to\n\nthose offenses for which the penalty is a fine of more than Five\n\nHundred Dollars ($500.00).","path":["OK Code","Title 11"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os11.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"9f6a9c79ee05f223fe5b9c0ef127377c7e0e2242ff69afb77647aec22f8d7d96","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-28-112","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-28-113.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}