{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-1115.4","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1115.4","heading":"Court clerk not liable on dishonored check - Bench","body":"warrant and arrest of issuer.\n\nA. In any case where a municipal court clerk or district court\n\nclerk accepts any personal check or other form of a negotiable\n\ninstrument from the arrestee or from any person acting for or on his\n\nbehalf in payment of a fine or as bail for his appearance for\n\narraignment, trial or a hearing, and said check or instrument proves\n\nto be on a closed account or is insufficient, false, bogus, a\n\nforgery, or otherwise dishonored for any reason, the court clerk\n\nshall not be civilly liable personally, or upon his official bond\n\nfor the amount of such instrument or for the amount of the fine\n\nimposed in the case, or criminally liable therefor.\n\nB. A personal check or other instrument tendered to a municipal\n\ncourt clerk or district court clerk for bail or for the payment of\n\nfine and costs, if dishonored and returned to said clerk for any\n\nreason other than the lack of proper endorsement, shall constitute\n\nnonpayment of bail or fine, as the case may be, and the court, in\n\naddition to any civil or criminal remedy otherwise provided for by\n\nlaw, may issue a bench warrant for the arrest of the person named on\n\nthe citation to require his appearance on the charge specified.","path":["OK Code","Title 22"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os22.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"2b7fa38a6b82e35412f3b85e2eba466c007d258eafc264f315df2b01f993d24c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-1115.3","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-1115.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}