Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1134
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Costs of returning fugitives
Official statutory text
A. 1. When the Governor shall demand from the executive
authority of a state or territory of the United States or of a
foreign government the surrender to the authorities of this state of
a fugitive from justice, the accounts of the persons employed for
that purpose shall be paid out of the State Treasury and shall be
collected as costs in the case.
2. When extradition is demanded by the Governor upon the
application of a district attorney of any county, for the return of
a fugitive wanted in that county, the actual, necessary expenses of
the person designated by the district attorney and appointed as the
agent of the state to return the fugitive shall be paid by the
county upon an itemized, verified claim with receipts attached which
shall be collected as costs in the case.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 434
B. 1. In all cases wherein any person shall be charged with
the violation of the statutes of this state relating to desertion or
abandonment of wife and child, or of child, and such person shall be
a fugitive from justice and such person’s whereabouts shall be
known, it shall be the mandatory duty of the district attorney of
the county wherein such charges are pending or of a designee, to
request the Governor to issue a requisition for the return of such
fugitive and to appoint an agent to effect such return.
2. The accounts of the person or persons employed by the
Governor, to return such fugitive referred to in paragraph 1 above,
may be paid by the state out of funds appropriated to the Governor's
Contingency and Emergency Fund, not to exceed Twenty-five Thousand
Dollars ($25,000.00) for any one (1) year in excess of any amounts
recovered from such fugitives.
3. The cost of returning the fugitive shall be added on to the
court costs against the deserter and no such case shall be dismissed
unless the costs are paid. Such amount shall be used to reimburse
the Governor's Contingency and Emergency Fund for the amount
disbursed therefrom.
C. Every fugitive from justice shall be required to reimburse
the county sheriff’s office for the actual costs required for
apprehension and return, unless such costs are paid from the
Governor’s Contingency and Emergency Fund, and in such case the
reimbursement may be paid to such fund.
authority of a state or territory of the United States or of a
foreign government the surrender to the authorities of this state of
a fugitive from justice, the accounts of the persons employed for
that purpose shall be paid out of the State Treasury and shall be
collected as costs in the case.
2. When extradition is demanded by the Governor upon the
application of a district attorney of any county, for the return of
a fugitive wanted in that county, the actual, necessary expenses of
the person designated by the district attorney and appointed as the
agent of the state to return the fugitive shall be paid by the
county upon an itemized, verified claim with receipts attached which
shall be collected as costs in the case.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 434
B. 1. In all cases wherein any person shall be charged with
the violation of the statutes of this state relating to desertion or
abandonment of wife and child, or of child, and such person shall be
a fugitive from justice and such person’s whereabouts shall be
known, it shall be the mandatory duty of the district attorney of
the county wherein such charges are pending or of a designee, to
request the Governor to issue a requisition for the return of such
fugitive and to appoint an agent to effect such return.
2. The accounts of the person or persons employed by the
Governor, to return such fugitive referred to in paragraph 1 above,
may be paid by the state out of funds appropriated to the Governor's
Contingency and Emergency Fund, not to exceed Twenty-five Thousand
Dollars ($25,000.00) for any one (1) year in excess of any amounts
recovered from such fugitives.
3. The cost of returning the fugitive shall be added on to the
court costs against the deserter and no such case shall be dismissed
unless the costs are paid. Such amount shall be used to reimburse
the Governor's Contingency and Emergency Fund for the amount
disbursed therefrom.
C. Every fugitive from justice shall be required to reimburse
the county sheriff’s office for the actual costs required for
apprehension and return, unless such costs are paid from the
Governor’s Contingency and Emergency Fund, and in such case the
reimbursement may be paid to such fund.
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