{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-16a","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-16a","heading":"Receiving and holding United States prisoners –","body":"Immigration detainer requests.\n\nA. All sheriffs, jailers, prison keepers, and their deputies,\n\nwithin this state, to whom any persons shall be sent or committed,\n\nby virtue of legal process, issued by or under the authority of the\n\nUnited States, shall receive such persons into custody, and keep\n\nthem safely until discharged by due course of the laws of the United\n\nStates; and all such sheriffs, jailers, prison keepers and their\n\ndeputies, offending in the premises, shall be liable to the same\n\npains and penalties, and the parties aggrieved shall be entitled to\n\nthe same remedies against them, or any of them, as if such prisoners\n\nhad been committed to their custody by virtue of legal process\n\nissued under the authority of this state.\n\nB. All sheriffs, jailers, prison keepers and their deputies who\n\nhave custody of a person who is subject to an immigration detainer\n\nrequest issued by the United States Immigration and Customs\n\nEnforcement shall:\n\n1. Comply with, honor and fulfill any request made in the\n\nimmigration detainer request provided by the United States\n\nImmigration and Customs Enforcement; and\n\n2. Inform the person identified in the immigration detainer\n\nrequest that the person is being held pursuant to an immigration\n\ndetainer issued by the United States Immigration and Customs\n\nEnforcement.\n\nC. A sheriff, jailer, prison keeper or deputy shall not be\n\nrequired to perform a duty imposed by subsection B of this section\n\nwith respect to a person who has provided proof that he or she is a\n\ncitizen of the United States. Such proof may include:\n\n1. An Oklahoma driver license or identification card issued by\n\nthe Department of Public Safety on or after November 1, 2007; or\n\n2. State- or federal government-issued identification.\n\nD. All sheriffs, jailers, prison keepers, and their deputies,\n\nwithin this state, shall allow reasonable access to their detention\n\nfacilities to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement\n\nfor the purpose of identifying inmates.\n\nE. As used in this section, \"immigration detainer request\"\n\nmeans a federal government request to a local entity to maintain\n\ntemporary custody of an alien, including a United States Department\n\nof Homeland Security Form I-247 document or a similar successor\n\nform.\n\nR.L. 1910, § 4619. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 255, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,\n\n2021.","path":["OK Code","Title 57"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os57.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"98454c0f522559122070cc10db7dd9f62f8e49fd958535ab15251521709f13aa","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-16","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}