{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-28-28-162","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 28, § 28-162","heading":"Juvenile proceedings - Fees and costs","body":"A. The clerks of the courts shall collect as costs in every\n\njuvenile delinquency, child in need of supervision, or deprived case\n\nin which the juvenile is adjudicated, irrespective of whether or not\n\nthe sentence is deferred, or minor in need of treatment case\n\npursuant to the Inpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse\n\nTreatment of Minors Act, Section 5-501 et seq. of Title 43A of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, irrespective of whether the child is committed\n\nfor inpatient mental health or substance abuse treatment, or in\n\nevery such case in which a petition is filed at the demand of the\n\nparents of a juvenile and said petition is subsequently dismissed\n\nprior to adjudication at said parents' request, the following flat\n\ncharge and no more, except for the charges provided for in this\n\nsection, which fee shall cover docketing of the case, filing of all\n\npapers, issuance of process, warrants and orders, and other services\n\nto date of judgment:\n\nFor each case where one or more juveniles\n\nFor each juvenile who is certified to stand\n\nIn each juvenile case wherein parental\n\nFor each juvenile adjudicated in need of\n\nFor each child found to be a minor in need\n\nFor each juvenile adjudicated for an\n\noffense which would be a misdemeanor if\n\ncommitted by an adult, including\n\nviolation of any traffic law, whether\n\ncharged individually or conjointly with\n\nFor each juvenile adjudicated for an\n\noffense which would be a felony if\n\ncommitted by an adult, whether charged\n\nFor the services of a court reporter at\n\nA sheriff's fee for serving or endeavoring\n\nto serve all writs, warrants, orders,\n\nprocess, commands, or notices or pursuing\n\nmileage as established\n\nby Oklahoma Statutes,\n\nwhichever is greater.\n\nB. In addition to the amount collected pursuant to subsection A\n\nof this section, the sum of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) shall be\n\nassessed and collected for each juvenile case. The fees collected\n\nshall be forwarded to the District Attorneys Revolving Fund to\n\ndefray the costs of prosecution.\n\nC. Costs assessed pursuant to subsections A and B of this\n\nsection shall be levied against the juvenile, the parent, or both,\n\nbut shall not be levied against the legal guardian or any state or\n\nprivate agency having custody of any juvenile subject to such\n\nproceedings.\n\nD. Prior to adjudication, parties in juvenile delinquency,\n\nchild in need of supervision, minor in need of treatment, and\n\ndeprived cases shall not be required to pay, advance, or post\n\nsecurity for the issuance or service of process to obtain compulsory\n\nattendance of witnesses. These fees shall be deposited into the\n\ncourt fund, except the sheriff's fee, when collected, shall be\n\ntransferred to the general fund of the county in which service is\n\nmade or attempted to be made.\n\nE. The clerk of the district court shall charge the sum of One\n\nHundred Dollars ($100.00) for preparing, assembling, indexing, and\n\ntransmitting the record for appellate review. This fee shall be\n\npaid by the party taking the appeal and shall be entered as costs in\n\nthe action. If more than one party to the action shall prosecute an\n\nappeal from the same judgment or order, the fee shall be paid by the\n\nparty whose petition in error is determined by the district court or\n\nby the appellate court to commence the principal appeal. The fees\n\ncollected hereunder shall be paid into the court fund.\n\nF. Fees and costs collected in juvenile cases may be withdrawn\n\nfrom the court fund and used for operations of the juvenile bureaus,\n\nin counties wherein a statutory juvenile bureau is in operation,\n\nupon approval by the Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.\n\nG. In those seventy-four counties in which court services are\n\nprovided by contract between the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the\n\nDepartment of Human Services, funds received from court costs in\n\njuvenile cases may be withdrawn from the court fund and paid to the\naus,\n\nin counties wherein a statutory juvenile bureau is in operation,\n\nupon approval by the Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.\n\nG. In those seventy-four counties in which court services are\n\nprovided by contract between the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the\n\nDepartment of Human Services, funds received from court costs in\n\njuvenile cases may be withdrawn from the court fund and paid to the\n\nDepartment of Human Services upon approval by the Chief Justice of\n\nthe Oklahoma Supreme Court. Said funds are to be expended by the\n\nDepartment of Human Services to supplement community-based programs,\n\nsuch as youth services programs, day treatment programs and group\n\nhome services. Specific annual training of Department workers in\n\ncommunity-based services providing the above court-related services\n\nis also to be included for expenditure of funds received from court\n\ncosts in juvenile cases by the Department of Human Services.\n\nH. In those seventy-four counties in which court services are\n\nprovided by contract between the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the\n\nOffice of Juvenile Affairs, funds received from court costs or\n\norders for care and maintenance in juvenile cases may be withdrawn\n\nfrom the court fund and paid to the Office of Juvenile Affairs upon\n\napproval by the Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Said\n\nfunds are to be expended by the Office of Juvenile Affairs to\n\nprovide care and maintenance and to supplement community-based\n\nprograms, such as alternative education, juvenile offender community\n\nand victim restitution work programs, community sanction programs,\n\nyouth services programs, day treatment programs, group home\n\nservices, and detention services. Specific annual training of\n\nagency workers in community-based services providing the above\n\ncourt-related services is also to be included for expenditure of\n\nfunds received from court costs in juvenile cases by the Office of\n\nJuvenile Affairs.","path":["OK Code","Title 28"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os28.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"17ee9a347f57460226e58237b393df4120a39729c992f3052e276441c56b7827","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-28-28-157","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-28-28-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}