Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-28-124
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Imprisonment for nonpayment of fine and costs - Persons
Official statutory text
unable to pay.
Any person who shall be convicted in the municipal criminal
court of record of a violation of any ordinance of the city and
sentenced to pay a fine and costs, who is financially able but
refuses or neglects to pay such fine and costs, shall be imprisoned
in the jail, farm or workhouse of the city, in the discretion of the
court, for one (1) day for each Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) of the
fine and cost assessed or one (1) day for each Fifty Dollars
($50.00) of the fine and cost assessed if the person performs useful
labor. 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. Thereupon, the same remedies shall be available for the
enforcement of the judgment as are available to any other judgment
creditor. Further, if the defendant is without means to pay the
fine or costs, and no undue hardship would result, the municipal
judge may direct the defendant to perform community service at a
rate of not less than the current federal minimum wage.
Any person who shall be convicted in the municipal criminal
court of record of a violation of any ordinance of the city and
sentenced to pay a fine and costs, who is financially able but
refuses or neglects to pay such fine and costs, shall be imprisoned
in the jail, farm or workhouse of the city, in the discretion of the
court, for one (1) day for each Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) of the
fine and cost assessed or one (1) day for each Fifty Dollars
($50.00) of the fine and cost assessed if the person performs useful
labor. 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. Thereupon, the same remedies shall be available for the
enforcement of the judgment as are available to any other judgment
creditor. Further, if the defendant is without means to pay the
fine or costs, and no undue hardship would result, the municipal
judge may direct the defendant to perform community service at a
rate of not less than the current federal minimum wage.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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