{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-1141.23","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1141.23","heading":"Application to Governor by prosecuting attorney for","body":"requisition.\n\nWhen the return to this state of a person charged with crime in\n\nthis state is required, the prosecuting attorney shall present to\n\nthe Governor his written application for a requisition for the\n\nreturn of the person charged, in which application shall be stated\n\nthe name of the person so charged, the crime charged against him,\n\nthe approximate time, place and circumstances of its commission, the\n\nstate in which he is believed to be, including the location of the\n\naccused therein at the time the application is made and certifying\n\nthat, in the opinion of the said prosecuting attorney the ends of\n\njustice require the arrest and return of the accused to this state\n\nfor trial and that the proceeding is not instituted to enforce a\n\nprivate claim.\n\nII. When the return to this state is required of a person who\n\nhas been convicted of a crime in this state and has escaped from\n\nconfinement or broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole,\n\nthe prosecuting attorney of the county in which the offense was\n\ncommitted, the parole board, or the warden of the institution or\n\nsheriff of the county, from which escape was made, shall present to\n\nthe Governor a written application for a requisition for the return\n\nof such person, in which application shall be stated the name of the\n\nperson, the crime of which he was convicted, the circumstances of\n\nhis escape from confinement or of the breach of the terms of his\n\nbail, probation or parole, the state in which he is believed to be,\n\nincluding the location of the person therein at the time application\n\nis made.\n\nIII. The application shall be verified by affidavit, shall be\n\nexecuted in duplicate and shall be accompanied by two certified\n\ncopies of the indictment returned, or information and affidavit\n\nfiled, or of the complaint made to the judge or magistrate, stating\n\nthe offense with which the accused is charged, or of the judgment of\n\nconviction or of the sentence. The prosecuting officer, parole\n\nboard, warden or sheriff may also attach such further affidavits and\n\nother documents in duplicate as he shall deem proper to be submitted\n\nwith such application. One copy of the application, with the action\n\nof the Governor indicated by endorsement thereon, and one of the\n\ncertified copies of the indictment, complaint, information, and\n\naffidavits, or of the judgment of conviction or of the sentence\n\nshall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State to remain of\n\nrecord in that office. The other copies of all papers shall be\n\nforwarded with the Governor's requisition.","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":"9daf59efeeff2dc1ee77d2405b8d2156423626d63c2dd45546b64e4f40f30f46","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-1141.22","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-1141.24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}