Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-183
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Offense triable in another county - Proceedings for
Official statutory text
arrest.
When a complaint is laid before a magistrate of the commission
of a public offense triable in another county of the state, but
showing that the defendant is in the county where the complaint is
made, the same proceedings must be had as prescribed in this
chapter, except that the warrant must require the defendant to be
taken before the nearest and most accessible magistrate of the
county in which the offense is triable, and the complaint of the
informant, with the depositions, if any, of the witnesses who may
have been produced, must be delivered by the magistrate to the
officer to whom the warrant is delivered.
When a complaint is laid before a magistrate of the commission
of a public offense triable in another county of the state, but
showing that the defendant is in the county where the complaint is
made, the same proceedings must be had as prescribed in this
chapter, except that the warrant must require the defendant to be
taken before the nearest and most accessible magistrate of the
county in which the offense is triable, and the complaint of the
informant, with the depositions, if any, of the witnesses who may
have been produced, must be delivered by the magistrate to the
officer to whom the warrant is delivered.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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