Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-68
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enforce.
If a bench warrant or command to enforce a court order by body
attachment is issued in a case for divorce, legal separation,
annulment or alimony, or in any civil proceeding in which a judgment
debtor is summoned to answer as to assets, and the person arrested,
pursuant to the authority of such process, makes a bond for his
appearance at the time of trial or other proceeding in the case, the
bond made shall be disbursed by the court clerk upon order of the
court to the party in the suit who has procured the bench warrant or
command for body attachment rather than to the State of Oklahoma.
The penalty on the bond, or any part thereof, shall, when recovered,
first be applied to discharge the obligation adjudicated in the case
in which the bond was posted. The party who is the obligee on such
bond shall have the right to enforce its penalty to the same extent
and in the same manner as the state may enforce the penalty on a
forfeited bail bond.
If a bench warrant or command to enforce a court order by body
attachment is issued in a case for divorce, legal separation,
annulment or alimony, or in any civil proceeding in which a judgment
debtor is summoned to answer as to assets, and the person arrested,
pursuant to the authority of such process, makes a bond for his
appearance at the time of trial or other proceeding in the case, the
bond made shall be disbursed by the court clerk upon order of the
court to the party in the suit who has procured the bench warrant or
command for body attachment rather than to the State of Oklahoma.
The penalty on the bond, or any part thereof, shall, when recovered,
first be applied to discharge the obligation adjudicated in the case
in which the bond was posted. The party who is the obligee on such
bond shall have the right to enforce its penalty to the same extent
and in the same manner as the state may enforce the penalty on a
forfeited bail bond.
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