{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-719","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-719","heading":"Persons held as material witnesses to be informed of","body":"constitutional rights - Fees.\n\nWhenever any person shall be taken into custody by any law\n\nenforcement officer to be held as a material witness in any criminal\n\ninvestigation or proceeding, he shall, if not sooner released, be\n\ntaken before a judge of the district court without unnecessary delay\n\nand said judge of the district court shall immediately inform him of\n\nhis constitutional rights including the reason he is being held in\n\ncustody, his right to the aid of counsel in every stage of the\n\nproceedings, and of his right to be released from custody upon\n\nentering into a written undertaking in the manner provided by law. A\n\nwitness who is held in custody pursuant to the provisions hereof\n\nshall be kept separately and apart from any person, or persons,\n\nbeing held in custody because of being accused of committing a\n\ncrime. A witness who desires aid of counsel and is unable to obtain\n\naid of counsel by reason of poverty shall be by the court provided\n\ncounsel at the expense of the court fund of the county. During the\n\ntime a witness is in custody he shall receive the witness fee\n\nprovided by law for witnesses in criminal cases.","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":"8ead834be198f7b972417a628b0b8eb3f838ad15f5add96ccd81fdf1c11ff658","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-718","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-72"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}