Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-95

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Delivery of sentenced person by sheriff or detention center

Official statutory text

- Receipts.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 39

A. Any person convicted of an offense against the laws of this

state and sentenced to imprisonment that is not to be served in a

county jail shall be transported by the sheriff of the county where

the person is sentenced, or transported by a designated

representative of the sheriff, to the Department of Corrections at

the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center or other location

designated by the Director of the Department of Corrections.

B. Any person convicted of an offense against the laws of this

state and sentenced to imprisonment that is not to be served in a

county jail and who is not housed in a county jail shall be

transported by the detention center, or transported by a designated

representative of the detention center, to the Department of

Corrections at the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center or

other location designated by the Director of the Department of

Corrections.

C. The sheriff shall deliver the person to the Department at

such center together with:

1. A certified copy of the judgment and sentence from the court

ordering such imprisonment, unless the judgment and sentence

previously has been sent electronically by an authorized clerk of

the court;

2. A certificate setting forth the number of days served in the

county jail after the pronouncement of judgment and rendering of

sentence for the offenses committed;

3. A copy of any medical, dental, or mental health records of

the defendant for conditions reviewed or treated while in the

custody of the sheriff;

4. Any medication or medical or dental device prescribed for

the defendant while in the custody of the sheriff or for a

preexisting condition; and

5. A copy of the presentence investigation report, if a report

was prepared.

D. The Department of Corrections shall give the sheriff a

receipt for each person received into the custody of the Department.

The receipt shall be filed by the sheriff in the office of the clerk

of the court where the sentence was made.

E. The Department of Corrections shall reimburse the

transporting agency as follows:

1. Mileage from the county sheriff's office to the appropriate

reception center and back to the county sheriff's office; and

2. Hourly wage reimbursement for the transporting officer for

the hours of transport travel and time spent at the reception center

based on the transporting officer's normal hourly wage.

Reimbursement shall not exceed Thirty Dollars ($30.00) an hour per

officer. Documentation of the officer's hourly wage shall accompany

all reimbursement requests to the Department.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 40

The Department of Corrections shall have the authority to

promulgate rules and forms for the reimbursement procedures provided

in this section.

The Department of Corrections shall submit a quarterly report to

the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chair of the

House of Representatives Appropriations and Budget Committee.

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