{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-138.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-138.3","heading":"Determination of need for county indigent defender and","body":"assistants.\n\nJudges of the courts of record of any county subject to the\n\nprovisions of this act shall determine, at the time the county\n\nbudget is submitted, the necessity of retaining a county indigent\n\ndefender or assistants thereto on a full-time or part-time basis at\n\npublic expense for representation of unfortunate and poverty\n\nstricken persons charged with commission of a crime, which\n\ndetermination shall be made after inquiry into the number\n\nimpoverished or destitute defendants which have been brought before\n\nsuch courts during the past term and an estimate of the number that\n\nmay be charged during the next fiscal year.","path":["OK Code","Title 19"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os19.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"02caca21f8868a6501891906f56fab1c8ae334226a6712bde6bb27eea13a95d0","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-138.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-138.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}