Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1232
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Disposition of property recovered
Official statutory text
When the property is delivered to the magistrate, he must, if it
was stolen or embezzled, deliver it to the owner on satisfactory
proof of his title, and on his paying the necessary expenses
incurred in its preservation, to be certified by the magistrate. If
it were taken on a warrant issued on the grounds stated in the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 481
second and third subdivisions of the second section of this article,
he must retain it in his possession, subject to the order of the
court to which he is required to return the proceedings before him,
or of any other court in which the offense, in respect to which the
property was taken, is triable.
was stolen or embezzled, deliver it to the owner on satisfactory
proof of his title, and on his paying the necessary expenses
incurred in its preservation, to be certified by the magistrate. If
it were taken on a warrant issued on the grounds stated in the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 481
second and third subdivisions of the second section of this article,
he must retain it in his possession, subject to the order of the
court to which he is required to return the proceedings before him,
or of any other court in which the offense, in respect to which the
property was taken, is triable.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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