Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-981
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Authority of officer while conveying prisoner - Assistance
Official statutory text
of citizens - Penalty for refusing assistance.
The sheriff or his deputy while conveying the defendant to the
proper prison in execution of a judgment of imprisonment has the
same authority to require the assistance of any citizen of this
state in securing the defendant and in retaking him if he escape, as
if the sheriff were in his own county, and every person who refuses
or neglects to assist the sheriff, when so required, is punishable
as if the sheriff were in his own county.
The sheriff or his deputy while conveying the defendant to the
proper prison in execution of a judgment of imprisonment has the
same authority to require the assistance of any citizen of this
state in securing the defendant and in retaking him if he escape, as
if the sheriff were in his own county, and every person who refuses
or neglects to assist the sheriff, when so required, is punishable
as if the sheriff were in his own county.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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