{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-1277","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1277","heading":"Prosecutions of offenses committed by inmates of penal","body":"institutions - Habeas corpus - Costs, expenses, fees.\n\nA. The Department of Corrections shall pay a fee as provided in\n\nsubsection D of this section for criminal prosecutions conducted in\n\nany county where a penal institution or community correction center\n\nis located in this state when the prosecution involves:\n\n1. A violation of any criminal law committed by any prisoner\n\nhoused in any penal institution or community correction center of\n\nthis state; or\n\n2. A crime committed in furtherance of an escape, flight or\n\nconcealment as a fugitive from any penal institution or community\n\ncorrection center of this state.\n\nB. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall apply\n\nwhether the prisoner is confined or permitted to be at large as a\n\ntrusty or otherwise. Provided, however, the provisions of\n\nsubsection A of this section shall not apply to inmates incarcerated\n\nin any correctional facility which is not operated by or under\n\ncontract with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.\n\nC. The cost of any habeas corpus proceedings instituted by any\n\nprisoner of any penal institution or community correction center\n\nwhich is operated by or under contract with this state shall be paid\n\nby the Department of Corrections out of any funds provided for the\n\nsupport and maintenance of the institution of which the person\n\ncommitting such crime, or instituting such habeas corpus\n\nproceedings, is a prisoner, upon the filing of a verified and\n\nitemized claim from the court clerk of the county where the\n\nproceedings were held.\n\nD. The Department of Corrections shall pay a fee of Two Hundred\n\nDollars ($200.00) upon the filing of a criminal action pursuant to\n\nthe provisions of paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection A of this section,\n\nand an additional fee of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) upon\n\nacquittal or conviction of each such prisoner prosecuted, regardless\n\nof the number of charges or counts which arise out of the same\n\nincident. The fee shall be paid to the district court fund of the\n\ncounty where the action arose. The fee shall be in lieu of any\n\nexpenses authorized by law for a criminal prosecution and chargeable\n\nagainst the Department of Corrections. The fee shall be paid at the\n\nconclusion of the prosecution and upon a proper invoice by the court\n\nclerk to the Department. Failure to pay the cost shall not\n\nconstitute grounds for dismissal of the criminal action.\n\nE. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the court from\n\nordering the costs and expenses of a criminal prosecution to be paid\n\nby the inmate or restrict the court clerk from collecting such costs\n\nand expenses from the inmate.","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":"27f1a87d6d70a591a00cb0bfdcec36aaabd614e7027c26231bc4a19a010914f6","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-1276","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-1278"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}