{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-138.4","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-138.4","heading":"Compensation - Private practice","body":"In counties subject to the provisions of Section 138.1a et seq.\n\nof this title, wherein the district judges have determined, in\n\naccordance with Section 138.3 of this title that the protection of\n\nthe unfortunate and poverty-stricken defendants subject to criminal\n\naction in such county require the employment of a county indigent\n\ndefender on a full-time basis, such person so appointed shall not\n\nengage in any practice of law except in the performance of the\n\nduties as county indigent defender, and shall receive a salary\n\ncommensurate with the salary received by the district attorney in\n\nsaid district, payable monthly, from the court fund of such county,\n\nprovided such salaries shall not apply to counties of less than\n\nthree hundred thousand (300,000) population; provided that if\n\nadditional assistance is required by the county indigent defender to\n\nproperly fulfill the duties of the office, the indigent defender may\n\nauthorize the employment of and appoint assistant defenders on a\n\nfull-time or part-time basis, which assistants shall be under the\n\nsame restrictions as to the practice of law as the county indigent\n\ndefender of such county, and each shall receive a salary\n\ncommensurate with the range of salaries of assistant district\n\nattorneys in their districts, payable monthly, out of the court fund\n\nof the county as determined by the county indigent defender.","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":"502dd626f92d80c301b1c5e05e63fa67e257c3011386cc6dec62f22a492d04db","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-138.3","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-138.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}