{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-771","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-771","heading":"Prisoner, deposition of - Oath","body":"When a material witness for a defendant under a criminal charge\n\nis a prisoner in a state prison or in a county jail of a county\n\nother than that in which the defendant is to be tried, his\n\ndeposition may be taken on behalf of the defendant in the manner\n\nprovided for in the case of a witness who is sick; and the foregoing\n\nprovisions of this article, so far as they are applicable, govern in\n\nthe application for, and in the taking and use of such depositions,\n\nsuch deposition may be taken before any magistrate or notary public\n\nof the county in which the jail or prison is situated; or in case\n\nthe witness is confined in a state prison, and the defendant is\n\nunable to pay for taking the deposition, before the warden or clerk\n\nof the board of control of the prison, whose duty it shall be to act\n\nwithout compensation. Every officer before whom testimony shall be\n\ntaken by virtue hereof, shall have authority to administer, and\n\nshall administer an oath to the witness, that his testimony shall be\n\nthe truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.","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":"25c44d99f5aa8a22c8f97bf08ab96895ac23b87fdb49f9932a82cf28f7ac4c38","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-770","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-781"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}