{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-979a","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-979a","heading":"Payment of jail costs by inmate","body":"A. The court shall require a person who is actually received\n\ninto custody at a jail facility or who is confined in a city or\n\ncounty jail or holding facility, for any offense, to pay the jail\n\nfacility or holding facility the costs of incarceration, both before\n\nand after conviction, upon conviction or receiving a deferred\n\nsentence. The costs of incarceration shall be collected by the\n\nclerk of the court as provided for collection of other costs and\n\nfines, which shall be subject to review under the procedures set\n\nforth in Section VIII of the Rules of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal\n\nAppeals, Chapter 18, Appendix of this title. Costs of incarceration\n\nshall include booking, receiving and processing out, housing, food,\n\nclothing, medical care, dental care, and psychiatric services. The\n\ncosts for incarceration shall be an amount equal to the actual cost\n\nof the services and shall be determined by the chief of police for\n\ncity jails and holding facilities, by the county sheriff for county\n\njails or by contract amount, if applicable. In the event a person\n\nrequires emergency medical treatment for an injury or condition that\n\nthreatens life or threatens the loss or use of a limb prior to being\n\nactually received into the custody of any jail facility, the\n\nprovisions of Section 533 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall\n\napply to taking custody, medical care and cost responsibility. The\n\ncost of incarceration shall be paid by the court clerk, when\n\ncollected, to the municipality, holding facility, county or other\n\npublic entity responsible for the operation of such facility where\n\nthe person was held at any time. Except for medical costs, ten\n\npercent (10%) of any amount collected by the court clerk shall be\n\npaid to the municipal attorney’s or district attorney’s office, and\n\nthe remaining amount shall be paid to the municipality, the\n\nsheriff’s service fee account or, if the sheriff does not operate\n\nthe jail facility, the remaining amount shall be deposited with the\n\npublic entity responsible for the operation of the jail facility\n\nwhere the person was held at any time. The court shall order the\n\ndefendant to reimburse all actual costs of incarceration, upon\n\nconviction or upon entry of a deferred judgment and sentence unless\n\nthe defendant is a mentally ill person as defined by Section 1-103\n\nof Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes. The sheriff shall give\n\nnotice to the defendant of the actual costs owed before any court-\n\nordered costs are collected. The defendant shall have an\n\nopportunity to object to the amount of costs solely on the grounds\n\nthat the number of days served is incorrect. If no objection is\n\nmade, the costs may be collected in the amount stated in the notice\n\nto the defendant. The sheriff, municipality or other public entity\n\nresponsible for the operation of the jail may collect costs of\n\nincarceration ordered by the court from the jail account of the\n\ninmate. If the funds collected from the jail account of the inmate\n\nare insufficient to satisfy the actual incarceration costs ordered\n\nby the court, the sheriff, municipality or other public entity\n\nresponsible for the operation of the jail is authorized to collect\n\nthe remaining balance of the incarceration costs by civil action.\n\nWhen the sheriff, municipality or other public entity responsible\n\nfor the operation of the jail collects any court-ordered\n\nincarceration costs from the jail account of the inmate or by\n\ncriminal or civil action, the court clerk shall be notified of the\n\namount collected.\n\nB. Except as may otherwise be provided in Section 533 of Title\n\n21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any offender receiving routine or\n\nemergency medical services or medications or injured during the\n\ncommission of a felony or misdemeanor offense and administered any\n\nmedical care shall be required to reimburse the sheriff,\n\nmunicipality or other public entity responsible for the operation of\ncollected.\n\nB. Except as may otherwise be provided in Section 533 of Title\n\n21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any offender receiving routine or\n\nemergency medical services or medications or injured during the\n\ncommission of a felony or misdemeanor offense and administered any\n\nmedical care shall be required to reimburse the sheriff,\n\nmunicipality or other public entity responsible for the operation of\n\nthe jail, the full amount paid by the sheriff, municipality or other\n\npublic entity responsible for the operation of the jail for any\n\nmedical care or treatment administered to such offender during any\n\nperiod of incarceration or when the person was actually received\n\ninto custody for any reason in that jail facility. The sheriff,\n\nmunicipality or other public entity responsible for the operation of\n\nthe jail may deduct the costs of medical care and treatment as\n\nauthorized by Section 531 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes. If\n\nthe funds collected from the jail account of the inmate are\n\ninsufficient to satisfy the actual medical costs paid, the sheriff,\n\nmunicipality or other public entity responsible for the operation of\n\nthe jail shall be authorized to collect the remaining balance of the\n\nmedical care and treatment by civil actions.\n\nC. Costs of incarceration shall be a debt of the inmate owed to\n\nthe municipality, county, or other public entity responsible for the\n\noperation of the jail and may be collected as provided by law for\n\ncollection of any other civil debt or criminal penalty.\n\nD. The court shall not waive the costs of incarceration in\n\ntheir entirety. However, if the court determines that a reduction\n\nin the fine, costs, and costs of incarceration is warranted, the\n\ncourt shall equally apply the same percentage reduction to the fine,\n\ncosts, and costs of incarceration owed by the defendant.","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":"b44e1a94d77c36cf15c1ce05b33ccb5a591904feb52fc7520d9bb8da9d41e5af","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-979","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-980"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}