Okla. Stat. tit. 28, § 28-162

A. The clerks of the courts shall collect as costs in every

juvenile delinquency, child in need of supervision, or deprived case

in which the juvenile is adjudicated, irrespective of whether or not

the sentence is deferred, or minor in need of treatment case

pursuant to the Inpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Treatment of Minors Act, Section 5-501 et seq. of Title 43A of the

Oklahoma Statutes, irrespective of whether the child is committed

for inpatient mental health or substance abuse treatment, or in

every such case in which a petition is filed at the demand of the

parents of a juvenile and said petition is subsequently dismissed

prior to adjudication at said parents' request, the following flat

charge and no more, except for the charges provided for in this

section, which fee shall cover docketing of the case, filing of all

papers, issuance of process, warrants and orders, and other services

to date of judgment:

For each case where one or more juveniles

For each juvenile who is certified to stand

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In each juvenile case wherein parental

For each juvenile adjudicated in need of

For each child found to be a minor in need

For each juvenile adjudicated for an

offense which would be a misdemeanor if

committed by an adult, including

violation of any traffic law, whether

charged individually or conjointly with

For each juvenile adjudicated for an

offense which would be a felony if

committed by an adult, whether charged

For the services of a court reporter at

A sheriff's fee for serving or endeavoring

to serve all writs, warrants, orders,

process, commands, or notices or pursuing

mileage as established

by Oklahoma Statutes,

whichever is greater.

B. In addition to the amount collected pursuant to subsection A

of this section, the sum of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) shall be

assessed and collected for each juvenile case. The fees collected

shall be forwarded to the District Attorneys Revolving Fund to

defray the costs of prosecution.

C. Costs assessed pursuant to subsections A and B of this

section shall be levied against the juvenile, the parent, or both,

but shall not be levied against the legal guardian or any state or

private agency having custody of any juvenile subject to such

proceedings.

D. Prior to adjudication, parties in juvenile delinquency,

child in need of supervision, minor in need of treatment, and

deprived cases shall not be required to pay, advance, or post

security for the issuance or service of process to obtain compulsory

attendance of witnesses. These fees shall be deposited into the

court fund, except the sheriff's fee, when collected, shall be

transferred to the general fund of the county in which service is

made or attempted to be made.

E. The clerk of the district court shall charge the sum of One

Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for preparing, assembling, indexing, and

transmitting the record for appellate review. This fee shall be

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paid by the party taking the appeal and shall be entered as costs in

the action. If more than one party to the action shall prosecute an

appeal from the same judgment or order, the fee shall be paid by the

party whose petition in error is determined by the district court or

by the appellate court to commence the principal appeal. The fees

collected hereunder shall be paid into the court fund.

F. Fees and costs collected in juvenile cases may be withdrawn

from the court fund and used for operations of the juvenile bureaus,

in counties wherein a statutory juvenile bureau is in operation,

upon approval by the Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

G. In those seventy-four counties in which court services are

provided by contract between the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the

Department of Human Services, funds received from court costs in

juvenile cases may be withdrawn from the court fund and paid to the
aus,

in counties wherein a statutory juvenile bureau is in operation,

upon approval by the Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

G. In those seventy-four counties in which court services are

provided by contract between the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the

Department of Human Services, funds received from court costs in

juvenile cases may be withdrawn from the court fund and paid to the

Department of Human Services upon approval by the Chief Justice of

the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Said funds are to be expended by the

Department of Human Services to supplement community-based programs,

such as youth services programs, day treatment programs and group

home services. Specific annual training of Department workers in

community-based services providing the above court-related services

is also to be included for expenditure of funds received from court

costs in juvenile cases by the Department of Human Services.

H. In those seventy-four counties in which court services are

provided by contract between the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the

Office of Juvenile Affairs, funds received from court costs or

orders for care and maintenance in juvenile cases may be withdrawn

from the court fund and paid to the Office of Juvenile Affairs upon

approval by the Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Said

funds are to be expended by the Office of Juvenile Affairs to

provide care and maintenance and to supplement community-based

programs, such as alternative education, juvenile offender community

and victim restitution work programs, community sanction programs,

youth services programs, day treatment programs, group home

services, and detention services. Specific annual training of

agency workers in community-based services providing the above

court-related services is also to be included for expenditure of

funds received from court costs in juvenile cases by the Office of

Juvenile Affairs.