Okla. Stat. tit. 5, § 5-11
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Licensed attorneys and their spouses - Prohibition on
Official statutory text
becoming sureties - Effect of unauthorized bond.
Licensed attorneys of this state, their spouses or anyone to
whom said attorneys have conveyed property for the purpose of
signing bonds for said attorneys, are prohibited from signing any
bonds as surety in any civil or criminal action, pending or about to
be commenced in any of the courts of this state, or before any
justice of the peace. No court clerk or judicial officer of this
state shall accept any bonds signed by licensed attorneys, their
spouses or anyone to whom said attorneys have conveyed property for
the purpose of signing bonds for said attorneys. All such bonds,
signed by an attorney or his or her spouse, shall be absolutely
void, and no penalty can be recovered of the attorney or his or her
spouse signing the same.
Licensed attorneys of this state, their spouses or anyone to
whom said attorneys have conveyed property for the purpose of
signing bonds for said attorneys, are prohibited from signing any
bonds as surety in any civil or criminal action, pending or about to
be commenced in any of the courts of this state, or before any
justice of the peace. No court clerk or judicial officer of this
state shall accept any bonds signed by licensed attorneys, their
spouses or anyone to whom said attorneys have conveyed property for
the purpose of signing bonds for said attorneys. All such bonds,
signed by an attorney or his or her spouse, shall be absolutely
void, and no penalty can be recovered of the attorney or his or her
spouse signing the same.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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