Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-276
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Magistrate discharging or holding defendant must return
Official statutory text
papers and record to court.
When a magistrate has discharged a defendant, or has held him to
answer, he must return immediately to the clerk of the district
court of the county, the warrant, if any, the complaint, the
depositions, if any have been taken, of all the witnesses examined
before him, the statement of the defendant, if he have made one, and
all undertakings of bail or for the appearance of witnesses, taken
by him, together with a certified record of the proceedings as they
appear on his docket.
When a magistrate has discharged a defendant, or has held him to
answer, he must return immediately to the clerk of the district
court of the county, the warrant, if any, the complaint, the
depositions, if any have been taken, of all the witnesses examined
before him, the statement of the defendant, if he have made one, and
all undertakings of bail or for the appearance of witnesses, taken
by him, together with a certified record of the proceedings as they
appear on his docket.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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