{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-981","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-981","heading":"Authority of officer while conveying prisoner - Assistance","body":"of citizens - Penalty for refusing assistance.\n\nThe sheriff or his deputy while conveying the defendant to the\n\nproper prison in execution of a judgment of imprisonment has the\n\nsame authority to require the assistance of any citizen of this\n\nstate in securing the defendant and in retaking him if he escape, as\n\nif the sheriff were in his own county, and every person who refuses\n\nor neglects to assist the sheriff, when so required, is punishable\n\nas if the sheriff were in his own county.","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":"4e5babcfed64dfea531794aa41a91cb8edcd75b262aa47333ff11b1e39969df0","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-980","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-982"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}