{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-566.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-566.1","heading":"Payments and distributions from damage awards","body":"A. Any inmate as defined in paragraph 2 of subsection B of\n\nSection 566 of this title who successfully obtains a final court\n\norder or settlement agreement awarding damages for any cause of\n\naction in any federal or state proceedings against the state, a\n\nstate agency, the Department or any political subdivision, or any\n\nemployee thereof, shall pay or satisfy from the award:\n\n1. Any previous assessments of court costs or fines involving\n\nthe criminal convictions of the offender;\n\n2. Victims compensation assessments;\n\n3. Restitution awards;\n\n4. Probation or parole fees;\n\n5. Child support or alimony;\n\n6. Civil judgments; and\n\n7. Any deficiencies of debts not paid of which the state or the\n\nDepartment of Corrections has notice by judgment, lien, garnishment,\n\nor other appropriate process.\n\nB. After disbursement of the funds by the state or the\n\nDepartment of Corrections, twenty percent (20%) of the award shall\n\nbe placed in the offender’s mandatory savings account and the\n\nremainder shall be placed in the offender’s regular draw account.\n\nThe Department shall give notice to the inmate of known debts owed\n\nby the inmate. The Department shall be granted a reasonable time to\n\nreview and discover all outstanding debts of the inmate as\n\nenumerated in subsection A of this section and shall disburse the\n\naward to all outstanding debtors of the inmate within six (6) months\n\nof the final court order or settlement agreement. The Department\n\nshall deposit the remaining funds pursuant to subsection C of this\n\nsection. All of the amounts and any funds deposited with the\n\nDepartment of Corrections or a political subdivision in accordance\n\nwith this section shall not be subject to the attachment and\n\ngarnishment procedures set forth in Title 12 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes until ninety (90) days after all outstanding debts are paid\n\npursuant to this section. For purposes of this section, the\n\nstatutory limits on the collection of debts set out in subsection A\n\nof Section 95 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not apply.\n\nC. Any inmate, as defined in paragraph 2 of subsection B of\n\nSection 566 of this title, or attorney of the inmate, who\n\nsuccessfully obtains a final court order awarding damages for any\n\ncause of action arising in tort or contract, in any state or federal\n\nproceedings, or any settlement agreement, against any party shall\n\nnotify the Department of Corrections or appropriate political\n\nsubdivision of the award and shall make the same distribution of the\n\naward as is provided in subsection A of this section. It shall be\n\nthe duty of the attorney of the inmate or the inmate, if acting pro\n\nse, to notify the defendant that any settlement shall be deposited\n\nwith the Department or political subdivision for disbursement in\n\naccordance with this section. In addition, the state, the\n\nDepartment of Corrections, any other state agency, or any political\n\nsubdivision of the state shall have the first right of subrogation\n\nto any such award or settlement for costs of services incurred by\n\nthe state, state agency, or political subdivision in relation to\n\nsuch claim, for service provided to the inmate at the request of the\n\ninmate, and for all costs of incarceration, before any part of the\n\naward is placed in the trust account of the inmate.","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":"cf75f011bc490e6fed302bc93ee26336b70cf2d3f0cea9023725062de9647d60","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-566","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-566.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}