Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-28-113
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Commencement of prosecution - Style – Procedure –
Official statutory text
Schedule of fines.
A. All prosecutions commenced in a municipal criminal court of
record shall be by information, pursuant to Section 16-108 of Title
47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for traffic offenses and by information
as in the district courts in other cases, which shall be subscribed
by the person making complaint and shall be verified before a judge,
the court clerk, or a deputy court clerk. All prosecutions for the
violation of municipal ordinances shall be styled, "The City of
_______ (naming the municipality) vs. __________ (naming the person
or persons charged)".
B. Upon receipt of a traffic ticket or complaint by the court
clerk, other than a traffic ticket which has been signed by the
arrested person as a plea of guilty, the court clerk shall either
prepare a copy of the ticket or complaint and deliver the original
or duplicate original to the municipal attorney, or record the
ticket on a list maintained in the clerk's office and deliver the
ticket to the municipal attorney for his disposition. After
disposition of the ticket by the municipal attorney, the name shall
be removed from the list by the court clerk. A traffic ticket or
complaint that is certified by the arresting officer, the
complainant, or the municipal attorney, shall constitute an
information against the person arrested and served with the traffic
ticket or complaint. The ticket or complaint shall be endorsed by
the municipal attorney before it is filed with the court clerk;
except if the person arrested and served with a traffic ticket or
complaint either at the time he is arrested or at a subsequent time
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 260
shall indicate in writing on the ticket or complaint, above his
signature, that he elects to plead guilty to the violation charged,
the traffic ticket or complaint shall be filed with the court clerk,
as an information, without the endorsement of the municipal
attorney, and it shall be the duty of the court clerk to notify the
municipal attorney as to the fact of such filing.
C. The municipal governing body, by ordinance, may prescribe a
schedule of fines for nonjury cases which a defendant may pay in
lieu of an appearance before the municipal court, and such payment
shall constitute a final determination of the cause against the
defendant; provided, however, this subsection shall not apply to
those offenses for which the penalty is a fine of more than Five
Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
A. All prosecutions commenced in a municipal criminal court of
record shall be by information, pursuant to Section 16-108 of Title
47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for traffic offenses and by information
as in the district courts in other cases, which shall be subscribed
by the person making complaint and shall be verified before a judge,
the court clerk, or a deputy court clerk. All prosecutions for the
violation of municipal ordinances shall be styled, "The City of
_______ (naming the municipality) vs. __________ (naming the person
or persons charged)".
B. Upon receipt of a traffic ticket or complaint by the court
clerk, other than a traffic ticket which has been signed by the
arrested person as a plea of guilty, the court clerk shall either
prepare a copy of the ticket or complaint and deliver the original
or duplicate original to the municipal attorney, or record the
ticket on a list maintained in the clerk's office and deliver the
ticket to the municipal attorney for his disposition. After
disposition of the ticket by the municipal attorney, the name shall
be removed from the list by the court clerk. A traffic ticket or
complaint that is certified by the arresting officer, the
complainant, or the municipal attorney, shall constitute an
information against the person arrested and served with the traffic
ticket or complaint. The ticket or complaint shall be endorsed by
the municipal attorney before it is filed with the court clerk;
except if the person arrested and served with a traffic ticket or
complaint either at the time he is arrested or at a subsequent time
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 260
shall indicate in writing on the ticket or complaint, above his
signature, that he elects to plead guilty to the violation charged,
the traffic ticket or complaint shall be filed with the court clerk,
as an information, without the endorsement of the municipal
attorney, and it shall be the duty of the court clerk to notify the
municipal attorney as to the fact of such filing.
C. The municipal governing body, by ordinance, may prescribe a
schedule of fines for nonjury cases which a defendant may pay in
lieu of an appearance before the municipal court, and such payment
shall constitute a final determination of the cause against the
defendant; provided, however, this subsection shall not apply to
those offenses for which the penalty is a fine of more than Five
Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
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