Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1115.4
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Court clerk not liable on dishonored check - Bench
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warrant and arrest of issuer.
A. In any case where a municipal court clerk or district court
clerk accepts any personal check or other form of a negotiable
instrument from the arrestee or from any person acting for or on his
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 431
behalf in payment of a fine or as bail for his appearance for
arraignment, trial or a hearing, and said check or instrument proves
to be on a closed account or is insufficient, false, bogus, a
forgery, or otherwise dishonored for any reason, the court clerk
shall not be civilly liable personally, or upon his official bond
for the amount of such instrument or for the amount of the fine
imposed in the case, or criminally liable therefor.
B. A personal check or other instrument tendered to a municipal
court clerk or district court clerk for bail or for the payment of
fine and costs, if dishonored and returned to said clerk for any
reason other than the lack of proper endorsement, shall constitute
nonpayment of bail or fine, as the case may be, and the court, in
addition to any civil or criminal remedy otherwise provided for by
law, may issue a bench warrant for the arrest of the person named on
the citation to require his appearance on the charge specified.
A. In any case where a municipal court clerk or district court
clerk accepts any personal check or other form of a negotiable
instrument from the arrestee or from any person acting for or on his
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 431
behalf in payment of a fine or as bail for his appearance for
arraignment, trial or a hearing, and said check or instrument proves
to be on a closed account or is insufficient, false, bogus, a
forgery, or otherwise dishonored for any reason, the court clerk
shall not be civilly liable personally, or upon his official bond
for the amount of such instrument or for the amount of the fine
imposed in the case, or criminally liable therefor.
B. A personal check or other instrument tendered to a municipal
court clerk or district court clerk for bail or for the payment of
fine and costs, if dishonored and returned to said clerk for any
reason other than the lack of proper endorsement, shall constitute
nonpayment of bail or fine, as the case may be, and the court, in
addition to any civil or criminal remedy otherwise provided for by
law, may issue a bench warrant for the arrest of the person named on
the citation to require his appearance on the charge specified.
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