Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-27-122
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Enforcement of payment of fines or costs by
Official statutory text
imprisonment - Persons unable to pay.
A. If a defendant who is financially able refuses or neglects
to pay a fine or costs or both, payment may be enforced:
1. By imprisonment until the same shall be satisfied at the
rate of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per day; or
2. In the same manner as is prescribed in subsection B of this
section for a defendant who is without means to make such payment.
B. If the defendant is without means to pay the fine or costs,
the municipal judge may direct the total amount due to be entered
upon the court minutes and to be certified to the district court in
the county where the situs of the municipal government is located,
where it shall be entered upon the district court judgment docket
and shall have the full force and effect of a district court
judgment. The same remedies shall be available for the enforcement
of the judgment as are available to any other judgment creditor.
A. If a defendant who is financially able refuses or neglects
to pay a fine or costs or both, payment may be enforced:
1. By imprisonment until the same shall be satisfied at the
rate of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per day; or
2. In the same manner as is prescribed in subsection B of this
section for a defendant who is without means to make such payment.
B. If the defendant is without means to pay the fine or costs,
the municipal judge may direct the total amount due to be entered
upon the court minutes and to be certified to the district court in
the county where the situs of the municipal government is located,
where it shall be entered upon the district court judgment docket
and shall have the full force and effect of a district court
judgment. The same remedies shall be available for the enforcement
of the judgment as are available to any other judgment creditor.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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