Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-817
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Sureties of sheriff made parties on amercement -
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Every surety of any sheriff or other officer may be made party
to the judgment rendered as aforesaid, against the sheriff or other
officer, by action, to be commenced and prosecuted as in other
cases; but the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of any such
surety shall not be liable to be taken on execution, when sufficient
goods and chattels, lands and tenements of the sheriff or other
officer against whom execution may be issued can be found to satisfy
the same. Nothing herein contained shall prevent either party from
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12. Civil Procedure Page 162
proceeding against such sheriff or other officer, by attachment, at
his election.
R.L. 1910, § 5186.
Every surety of any sheriff or other officer may be made party
to the judgment rendered as aforesaid, against the sheriff or other
officer, by action, to be commenced and prosecuted as in other
cases; but the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of any such
surety shall not be liable to be taken on execution, when sufficient
goods and chattels, lands and tenements of the sheriff or other
officer against whom execution may be issued can be found to satisfy
the same. Nothing herein contained shall prevent either party from
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12. Civil Procedure Page 162
proceeding against such sheriff or other officer, by attachment, at
his election.
R.L. 1910, § 5186.
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