Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-846
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Disposition of prisoner where jurisdiction in another
Official statutory text
county.
If the offense was committed within the exclusive jurisdiction
of another county of this state, the court must direct the defendant
to be committed for such time as it deems reasonable to await a
warrant from the proper county for his arrest, or if the offense be
a misdemeanor only, it may admit him to bail in an undertaking, with
sufficient sureties, that he will, within such time as the court may
appoint, render himself amenable to a warrant for his arrest from
the proper county, and if not sooner arrested thereon, will attend
at the office of the sheriff of the county where the trial was had,
at a time particularly specified in the undertaking, to surrender
himself upon the warrant, if issued, or that his bail will forfeit
such sum as the court may fix, and to be mentioned in the
undertaking; and the clerk must forthwith transmit a certified copy
of the indictment or information, and all the papers in the action
filed with him, to the district attorney of the proper county, the
expense of which transmission is chargeable to the county.
If the offense was committed within the exclusive jurisdiction
of another county of this state, the court must direct the defendant
to be committed for such time as it deems reasonable to await a
warrant from the proper county for his arrest, or if the offense be
a misdemeanor only, it may admit him to bail in an undertaking, with
sufficient sureties, that he will, within such time as the court may
appoint, render himself amenable to a warrant for his arrest from
the proper county, and if not sooner arrested thereon, will attend
at the office of the sheriff of the county where the trial was had,
at a time particularly specified in the undertaking, to surrender
himself upon the warrant, if issued, or that his bail will forfeit
such sum as the court may fix, and to be mentioned in the
undertaking; and the clerk must forthwith transmit a certified copy
of the indictment or information, and all the papers in the action
filed with him, to the district attorney of the proper county, the
expense of which transmission is chargeable to the county.
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