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11 OK Stat § 11-27-109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-109. Clerk of court - Duties.

|The municipal clerk of any municipality where a municipal court is established, or a designated deputy shall be the clerk of the municipal court unless the governing body establishes or authorizes a position of chief municipal court officer to serve as court clerk. |The court clerk shall have authority to carry out the duties of the position as required by law; provided, that the person who serves as court clerk may separately perform other duties for the municipality. The clerk of the court shall:1. Assist the judge in recording the proceedings of the court, preparation of writs, processes, or other papers;2. Administer oaths required in judicial or other proceedings before the court;3. Be responsible for the entry of all pleadings, processes, and proceedings in the dockets of the court;4. Perform such other clerical duties in relation to the proceedings of the court as the judge shall direct; and5. Receive and give receipt for and disburse or deliver to the municipal treasurer all fines, forfeitures, fees, deposits, and sums of money properly payable to the municipal court. Such funds and sums of money while in the custody of the clerk shall be deposited and disbursed upon vouchers as directed by the municipal governing body.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-109, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 124, § 15, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1995, c. 166, § 2, emerg. eff. May 4, 1995.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-110. Court marshal - Duties.

|The municipal governing body, upon the recommendation of the judge of the municipal court, may designate any appropriate person who is a resident of the municipality to serve as marshal, and in the absence of such a designation, the chief of police or corresponding officer of the municipality shall be ex officio marshal of the court. The marshal shall execute any writs and other process directed to him, except as herein otherwise provided, and such duty may be performed by any deputy marshal or by any members of the police force of the municipality, as the case may be. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-110, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-111 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-111. Bond of clerk and judge - Form.

|A. The clerk of each municipal court shall give bond to the governing body of the municipality where the court is established. The bond shall be approved by the governing body and shall be in an amount to be fixed by the governing body. The bond shall be in substance as follows: |I, ___________, clerk of the Municipal Court of ___________, State of Oklahoma, and ___________ and ___________, his sureties, do jointly and severally agree to pay on demand each and every person who may be entitled thereto, all such sums of money as the said clerk may become liable to pay, on account of any moneys which may come into his hands, by virtue of his office.Dated at ___________, this _____ day of ______, 19__._________________________(Signed)B. The municipal governing body may provide that the judge, the alternate judge, and an acting judge, or any of them, shall give a bond to the governing body of the municipality where the court is established. If a bond is required, it shall be in an amount to be fixed by the governing body. It shall be conditioned in the same manner as the bond that is required of the clerk of the court, and it shall be approved by the governing body.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-111, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-112 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-112. Fees, fines and forfeitures - Dispositions.

|All of the fees, fines and forfeitures which come into the municipal court shall be paid by the clerk of the court to the municipal treasurer. The treasurer shall credit such deposits to the fund designated by the municipal governing body. The court clerk shall make a receipt for the fees, fines and forfeitures collected which shall be retained by the municipality together with a detailed statement of all costs, the style of the case in which they were paid, and the name of the defendant. The receipt and detailed statement retained by the municipality may be saved and produced in an electronic format. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-112, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 54, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 2019, c. 104, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-113 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-113. Procedure - Judicial notice of statutes and ordinances - Writs and process - Service of arrest warrant.

|Except as otherwise provided for by law, the code of procedure in the municipal court shall be the same as is provided for by law for the trial of misdemeanors. The court shall take judicial notice of state statutes and the ordinances of the municipality in which it is located. Writs and processes of the court may be issued by the judge or clerk thereof to any proper officer. All writs and processes of the municipal court in which a violation of a municipal ordinance is charged shall be directed to the chief of police of the municipality, a county sheriff, or to some other appropriate peace officer. A law enforcement officer of the municipality or county sheriff may serve an arrest warrant issued by the municipal court any place within this state. If the warrant is served by a county sheriff, the municipality shall pay the Sheriff's Service Fee Account a fee of Twenty Dollars ($20.00). |Amended by Laws 1982, c. 133, § 2; Laws 1984, c. 126, § 55, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1990, c. 259, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-114 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-114. Rules for conduct of court business.

|The judge of each municipal court may prescribe rules, consistent with the provisions of this article, for the proper conduct of the business of the municipal court. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-114, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-115 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-115. Prosecutions by verified complaint - Style.

|All prosecutions commenced in the municipal court shall be by complaint which shall be subscribed by the person making the complaint and shall be verified before a judge, the court clerk, a deputy court clerk, or a police officer. No warrant for arrest shall be issued until the complaint has been approved by the judge of the municipal court. All prosecutions for the violation of municipal ordinances shall be styled, "The ________ (City or Town) of ________________ (name the municipality) vs. ________________ (naming the person or persons charged)". |Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 56, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-115.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-115.1. Prosecutions by verified complaint - Means of verification.

|Notwithstanding other provisions of law, when a law enforcement officer issues a citation or ticket as the basis for a complaint or information, for an offense against a municipal ordinance which is declared to be a misdemeanor, the citation or ticket shall be properly verified if: |1. The issuing officer subscribes the officer's signature on the citation, ticket or complaint to the following statement:"I, the undersigned issuing officer, hereby certify andswear that I have read the foregoing information and knowthe facts and contents thereof and that the facts supportingthe criminal charge stated therein are true."Such a subscription by an issuing officer, in all respects, shall constitute a sworn statement, as if sworn to upon an oath administered by an official authorized by law to administer oaths; and2. The citation or ticket states the specific facts supporting the criminal charge and the ordinance or statute alleged to be violated; or3. A complainant verifies by oath, subscribed on the citation, ticket or complaint, that he has read the information, knows the facts and contents thereof and that the facts supporting the criminal charge stated therein are true. For purposes of such an oath and subscription, any law enforcement officer of the state, county or municipality of the State of Oklahoma issuing the citation, ticket or complaint shall be authorized to administer the oath to the complainant.Added by Laws 1992, c. 68, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-116 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-116. Arraignment - Fines in lieu of appearance.

|The arraignment shall be made by the court. The judge or the prosecuting attorney shall read the complaint to the defendant, inform him of his legal rights and of the consequences of conviction, and ask him whether he pleads guilty or not guilty. The municipal governing body by ordinance may prescribe a schedule of fines which the defendant may pay in lieu of his appearance before the municipal court and such payment shall constitute a final determination of the cause against the defendant. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-116, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-117.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-117.1. Arrest for misdemeanor traffic violation other than parking or standing - Bail.

|If a resident or nonresident of a municipality having a municipal court is arrested by a law enforcement officer solely for a misdemeanor violation of a traffic ordinance, other than an ordinance pertaining to a parking or standing traffic violation, and the arrested person is eligible to sign a written promise to appear and be released upon personal recognizance as provided for in Section 1115.1 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, then the procedures provided for in the State and Municipal Traffic Bail Bond Procedure Act as applied to municipalities, shall govern. A municipality, by ordinance, may prescribe a bail bond schedule for this purpose and may provide for bail to be used as payment of the fine and costs upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, as provided for in Section 1115.1 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Absent such ordinance, the municipal court may prescribe a bail bond schedule for traffic offenses. The amount of bail shall not exceed the maximum fine and costs provided by ordinance for each offense, unless the defendant has a previous history of failing to appear according to the terms or conditions of a bond, in which case the amount of bail shall not exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). |Added by Laws 1986, c. 250, § 8, operative July 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 15, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 251, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-118 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-118. Failure to appear according to terms of bond - Forfeiture.

|A. If, without sufficient excuse, a defendant fails to appear according to the terms or conditions of a bond, given by a bail bondsman as defined in Section 1301 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes, either for hearing, arraignment, trial, or judgment, or upon any other occasion when the presence of the defendant in court or before the judge may be lawfully required: |1. The court shall perform the procedures set forth in Section 1332 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes whereby the municipal court clerk shall issue the required notices; or2.a.The municipal judge shall issue an order declaring the bond to be forfeited on the day the defendant failed to appear and stating the reasons therefor, andb.Within five (5) days of the order of forfeiture, the municipal court clerk shall file a certified copy of the order with the district court in the county where the municipal government is located. The district court clerk shall treat the certified order of forfeiture as a foreign judgment and proceed in accordance with the provisions of Section 1332 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes. A surety shall have all remedies available under the provisions of Section 1108 of Title 22 and Sections 1301 through 1340 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes.B. Court costs shall be collectible from the proceeds of a forfeited bond.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-118, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 265, § 1, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 49, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 166, § 3, emerg. eff. May 4, 1995.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-119 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-119. Jury trials - Qualifications of jurors.

|In all prosecutions in the municipal court for any offense for which the municipality, with the concurrence of the court, seeks imposition of a fine of more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), excluding court costs, or imprisonment, or both such fine and imprisonment, a jury trial shall be had unless waived by the defendant and the municipality, provided that the municipality has compiled its penal ordinances in accordance with the provisions of Sections 14-109 and 14-110 of this title. If the municipality has not compiled its ordinances as provided by law, the fine shall not exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00). In prosecutions for all other offenses, or in cases wherein a jury trial is waived by the defendant and the municipality, trial shall be to the court. A jury in the municipal court shall consist of six (6) jurors, five of whom may return a verdict. Jurors shall be good and lawful men or women, citizens of the county in which the court sits, having the qualifications of jurors in the district court. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-119, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 157, § 3; Laws 1983, c. 293, § 3, operative Oct. 1, 1983; Laws 1995, c. 61, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 251, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2006, c. 38, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-120 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-120. Selection and summons of jurors.

|Jurors in the municipal court shall be selected pursuant to this section under the same terms and conditions as are provided for by law for the district courts, or in the alternative, pursuant to Section 18.1 of Title 38 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Upon written request of the judge of the municipal court for a stated number of jurors to the chief judge of the appropriate district court, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the district court to draw from the jury wheel a requested number of jurors in the same manner as is provided by law for the district court until the number requested, who from their addresses appear to reside within the corporate limits of the municipality, is drawn, and to prepare a list of names drawn and certify such list to the judge of the municipal court. On completion of the draw, the clerk shall immediately return to the jury wheel all names drawn which are not placed on the certified list. The judge of the municipal court shall make written request to the chief judge of the district court for a stated number of additional jurors if, after allowance of claimed statutory exemptions, the listed number is found to be insufficient. Summons of the prospective jurors shall be issued as set out by ordinance, and may be served in person by the chief of police or any member of the police force of the municipality, or may be served by the clerk of the municipal court by mail. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-120, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 225, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-121 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-121. Fees and mileage of jurors and witnesses.

|The municipal governing body shall determine by ordinance the fees and mileage that shall be paid to jurors and witnesses in a municipal court. However, no witness fee shall be paid to any police or peace officer. The jury fee and mileage due jurors and witnesses shall be paid as provided by ordinance. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-121, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-122 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-122. Enforcement of payment of fines or costs by imprisonment - Persons unable to pay.

|A. If a defendant who is financially able refuses or neglects to pay a fine or costs or both, payment may be enforced: |1. By imprisonment until the same shall be satisfied at the rate of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per day; or2. In the same manner as is prescribed in subsection B of this section for a defendant who is without means to make such payment.B. If the defendant is without means to pay the fine or costs, the municipal judge may direct the total amount due to be entered upon the court minutes and to be certified to the district court in the county where the situs of the municipal government is located, where it shall be entered upon the district court judgment docket and shall have the full force and effect of a district court judgment. The same remedies shall be available for the enforcement of the judgment as are available to any other judgment creditor.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-122, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 247, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1980; Laws 1987, c. 173, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 2004, c. 173, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-122.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-122.1. Execution of sentences of municipal court.

|A. All sentences of imprisonment shall be executed by the chief of police of the municipality, and any person convicted of a violation of any ordinance of the municipality and sentenced to imprisonment shall be confined in the jail, farm, or workhouse of the municipality, in the discretion of the court, for the time specified in the sentence; provided, however, the court may, in lieu of imprisonment, order the defendant to engage in a term of community service without compensation. If the defendant fails to perform the required community service or if the conditions of community service are violated, the judge may impose a sentence of imprisonment, not to exceed the maximum sentence allowable for the violation for which the defendant was convicted. |B. The judge of the municipal court imposing a judgment and sentence, at the judge’s discretion, is empowered to modify, reduce, suspend, or defer the imposition of a sentence or any part thereof and to authorize probation for a period not to exceed six (6) months from the date of sentence under terms or conditions as the judge may specify. Procedures relating to suspension of the judgment or costs or both shall be as provided in Section 27-123 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Upon completion of the terms of probation, the defendant shall be discharged without a court judgment of guilt, and the verdict, judgment of guilty, or plea of guilty shall be expunged from the record and the charge dismissed with prejudice to any further action. Upon a finding of the court that the conditions of probation have been violated, the municipal judge may enter a judgment of guilty.C. The judge of the municipal court may continue or delay imposing a judgment and sentence for a period of time not to exceed six (6) months from the date of sentence. At the expiration of this period of time the judge may allow the municipal attorney to amend the charge to a lesser offense.D. If a deferred sentence is imposed, an administrative fee not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) may be imposed as costs in the case, in addition to any deferral fee otherwise authorized by law.Added by Laws 1987, c. 173, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 69, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1999, c. 412, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2004, c. 173, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-122.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-122.2. Community service in lieu of fine or in conjunction with imprisonment - Violation of community service conditions.

|Whenever any person is convicted in municipal court for violation of a municipal ordinance, the court may order the defendant to a term of community service or remedial action in lieu of fine or in conjunction with imprisonment. If the defendant fails to perform the required community service or if the conditions of community service are violated, the judge may impose a sentence of imprisonment, not to exceed the maximum sentence allowable for the violation for which the defendant was convicted. |Added by Laws 1989, c. 255 § 3, emerg. eff. May 19, 1989. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 69, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-123 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-123. Suspension of judgment or costs - Reconfinement.

|Whenever any person shall be convicted in the municipal court of violating a municipal ordinance, the judge trying the cause, after sentence, may suspend the judgment or costs or both and allow the person so convicted to be released upon his own recognizance. Any person so released shall be required to report at such times and to such person or officer as the judge shall direct. The judge may cause a warrant to be issued for any person so released if it shall be made to appear to the judge that such person: |1. Has been guilty of the violation of any law after his release;2. Is habitually associating with lewd or vicious persons; or3. Is indulging in vicious habits.Upon the issuance of the warrant by the judge, the person shall be delivered forthwith to the place of confinement to which he was originally sentenced and shall serve out the full term for which he was originally sentenced.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-123, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-124 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-124. Supervision of juveniles on parole or probation.

|In addition to the duties otherwise provided by law, the judge of each municipal court, or some other person designated by the governing body of the municipality where the court is established, shall be required to supervise all juveniles who are either on parole or serving probation terms or suspended sentences pronounced and adjudged by the municipal court. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-124, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-125 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-125. Contempt of court.

|The judge of each municipal court shall have power to enforce due obedience to orders, rules and judgments made by him and may fine or imprison for contempt offered to the judge while holding his court or to process issued by him in the same manner and to the same extent as the district courts of Oklahoma. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-125, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-126 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-126. Costs and fees.

|Except as provided in Section 14-111 of this title and subject to other limitations or exceptions imposed by law, the municipal governing body shall determine by ordinance the court costs and fees that may be charged and collected by the clerk of the court. Court costs shall not exceed the sum of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) plus the fees and mileage of jurors and witnesses. The clerk of the court is authorized to charge and collect the fees as determined by the municipal body. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-126, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 173, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1999, c. 412, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2006, c. 61, § 3, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 258, § 2, emerg. eff. May 22, 2009.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-127 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-127. Prosecution for same offense in another court prohibited.

|When a defendant has been in jeopardy for the same or any lesser included offense in a municipal court or district court, he shall not be prosecuted in another court for the same or a lesser included offense. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-127, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1980, c. 247, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-128 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-128. Writs of mandamus, prohibition and certiorari.

|The district court in each county wherein a municipal court is established shall have the same jurisdiction to issue to the municipal court writs of mandamus, prohibition and certiorari as the Supreme Court now has to issue such writs to courts of record. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-128, eff. July 1, 1978.