Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-64
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County without prison
Official statutory text
When there is no sufficient prison in any county, every judicial
or executive officer of such county who has power to order or
sentence any person to the county jail, may, upon application of the
sheriff, order any person charged with a criminal offense whereof
such officer has jurisdiction, and ordered to be committed to
prison, to be sent to the jail of the county nearest having a
sufficient jail, and the sheriff of such nearest county shall, on
exhibit of such order, receive and keep in custody, in the jail of
his county, the prisoner ordered to be committed as aforesaid, at
the expense of the county from which said prisoner was sent, and the
said sheriff shall, upon the order of the officer committing such
prisoner, redeliver such prisoner when demanded.
R.L. 1910, § 4602.
or executive officer of such county who has power to order or
sentence any person to the county jail, may, upon application of the
sheriff, order any person charged with a criminal offense whereof
such officer has jurisdiction, and ordered to be committed to
prison, to be sent to the jail of the county nearest having a
sufficient jail, and the sheriff of such nearest county shall, on
exhibit of such order, receive and keep in custody, in the jail of
his county, the prisoner ordered to be committed as aforesaid, at
the expense of the county from which said prisoner was sent, and the
said sheriff shall, upon the order of the officer committing such
prisoner, redeliver such prisoner when demanded.
R.L. 1910, § 4602.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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