{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-983b","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-983b","heading":"Released persons – Hearing to determine ability to pay","body":"fines, fees and costs.\n\nA. Any person released on parole or released without parole\n\nfrom a term of imprisonment with the Department of Corrections shall\n\nbe required to report at a time not less than one hundred eighty\n\n(180) days after his or her release from the Department of\n\nCorrections to:\n\n1. The district court of the county from which the judgment and\n\nsentence resulting in incarceration arose; and\n\n2. All other district courts or municipal courts where the\n\nperson owes fines, fees, costs and assessments,\n\nfor the purpose of scheduling a hearing to determine the ability of\n\nthe person to pay fines, fees, costs or assessments owed by the\n\nperson in every felony or misdemeanor criminal case filed in a\n\ndistrict court or criminal case filed in a municipal court of this\n\nstate. Such hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions\n\nof Section VIII of the Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals, 22\n\nO.S. 2011, Ch. 18, App. A court may for good cause shown or in its\n\ndiscretion continue such hearing for up to one hundred eighty (180)\n\ndays.\n\nB. In determining the ability of the person to satisfy fines,\n\nfees, costs or assessments owed to a district or municipal court,\n\nthe court shall inquire of the person at the time of the hearing\n\nwhich counties and municipalities the person owes fines, fees, costs\n\nor assessments in every felony or misdemeanor criminal case filed\n\nagainst the person and shall consider all court-ordered debt,\n\nincluding restitution and child support, in determining the ability\n\nof the person to pay. In calculating and determining the ability of\n\na person to pay his or her fines, fees, costs, or assessments under\n\nthe provisions of this subsection, any monies received from a\n\nfederal or state government need-based assistance program shall not\n\nbe counted as personal income to pay for the legal and financial\n\nobligations owed to the court. The court may reduce a person's\n\nfines, fees, costs, or assessments if it is determined by the court\n\nthat the person does not have the ability to pay the fines, fees,\n\ncosts, or assessments. However, if the court determines that a\n\nreduction in the fines, fees, costs, or assessments is warranted,\n\nthe court shall equally apply the same percentage reduction to the\n\nfines, fees, costs, or assessments owed by the person. The person\n\nshall not be required to pay any outstanding fines, fees, costs or\n\nassessments prior to the expiration of the one-hundred-eighty-day\n\nperiod; provided, however, the person shall not be precluded from\n\nvoluntarily making payment toward the satisfaction of any fines,\n\nfees, costs or assessments due and owing to a district or municipal\n\ncourt of this state.\n\nC. The Court of Criminal Appeals shall promulgate rules\n\ngoverning the provisions of this section including, but not limited\n\nto:\n\n1. Reporting, hearing and payment requirements as provided for\n\nin subsections A and B of this section;\n\n2. Consolidating district and municipal court fines, fees,\n\ncosts or assessments owed by a person into one order for payment;\n\nand\n\n3. Accepting and distributing payments received for fines,\n\nfees, costs or assessments to various district and municipal courts\n\nwhen consolidated by the court into one order for payment.","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":"9ba8fd005e8519c7bce88fdcdb95f2db9cb58e2db485bff8ef152d5f44173e0a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-983a","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-983v1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}