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11 OK Stat § 11-27-129 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-129. Appeals.

|A. An appeal may be taken from a final judgment of the municipal court by the defendant by filing in the district court in the county where the situs of the municipal government is located, within ten (10) days from the date of the final judgment, a notice of appeal and by filing a copy of the notice with the municipal court. In case of an appeal, a trial de novo shall be had, and there shall be a right to a jury trial if the sentence imposed for the offense was a fine of more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), plus costs, fees, and assessments. |B. Upon conviction, at the request of the defendant, or upon notice of appeal being filed, the judge of the municipal court shall enter an order on the docket fixing an amount in which bond may be given by the defendant, in cash or sureties for cash in an amount of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than twice the amount of such fine. Bond shall be taken by the clerk of the court wherein judgment was rendered. Any pledge of sureties must be approved by a judge of the court.C. Upon appeal being filed the judge shall within ten (10) days thereafter certify to the clerk of the appellate court the original papers in the case. If the papers have not been certified to the appellate court, the prosecuting attorney shall take the necessary steps to have the papers certified to the appellate court within twenty (20) days of the filing of the notice of appeal, and failure to do so, except for good cause shown, shall be grounds for dismissal of the charge by the appellate court, the cost to be taxed to the municipality. The certificate shall state whether or not the municipal judge hearing the case was a licensed attorney in Oklahoma.D. All proceedings necessary to carry the judgment into effect shall be had in the appellate court.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-129, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 247, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 1980; Laws 1982, c. 157, § 4; Laws 1983, c. 293, § 4, operative Oct. 1, 1983; Laws 1995, c. 61, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 251, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2004, c. 363, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2015, c. 2, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.NOTE: Laws 2004, c. 173, § 5 repealed by Laws 2005, c. 386, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-130 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-130. District attorney to defend appeals in certain cases.

|The district attorney, and his assistants, shall defend any appeal from a municipal court in his district that has no municipal attorney who is paid a salary in excess of a rate of Three Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($3,600.00) per annum. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-130, eff. July 1, 1978. d
11 OK Stat § 11-27-131 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-131. Orders relative to procedures and practices by Supreme Court.

|The Supreme Court is authorized to issue orders of statewide application relative to procedures in and practices before the municipal courts and appeals therefrom, subject to the provisions of this article, and under its general superintending control of all inferior courts, shall have the power and authority by and through the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, to call annual conferences of the judges of the municipal courts of Oklahoma to consider matters calculated to bring about a speedier and more efficient administration of justice. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-131, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-27-132 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-27-132. Appeal to Court of Criminal Appeals.

|An appeal may be taken to the Court of Criminal Appeals from the final judgment or order of a district court in an appeal from a final judgment of a municipal court in the same manner and to the same extent that appeals are taken from a district court to the Court of Criminal Appeals. |Added by Laws 1978, c. 248, § 1, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-28-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-28-101. Municipal criminal courts of record - Cities with population over 65,000 - Resolution.

|A. In cities having a population of more than sixty-five thousand (65,000) inhabitants, as determined by the latest federal census, there is hereby created a "Municipal Criminal Court of Record of the City of ___________", subject to the restrictions of subsection B of this section. References in Sections 28-101 through 28-128 of this title to the municipal criminal court of record shall mean the courts established by the provisions of this article in cities over sixty-five thousand (65,000) population. |B. Before a municipal criminal court of record not in existence before November 1, 2004, may be created, the municipal governing body shall determine by resolution that the efficient disposition of cases involving the violation of municipal ordinances necessitates creating a court of record. If such a resolution is not adopted, the criminal court of the municipality shall remain a court not of record. The governing body shall cause a certified copy of the resolution to be filed in the office of the county clerk of each county in which the municipality is located. The resolution and the filing thereof shall be judicially noticed in all courts of this state. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any municipal criminal court of record created prior to November 1, 2004, and such courts shall have all the powers and duties heretofore provided for such courts.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 28-101, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 363, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
11 OK Stat § 11-28-102a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-28-102a. Fines for violations relating to prostitution - Percentage forwarded to city - county health department.

|In municipalities that have a population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000), that have a municipal court of record, and that are located within a county having a population greater than four hundred thousand (400,000), One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of each fine collected for violations of municipal ordinances relating to prostitution shall be forwarded by the city clerk or other appropriate finance official to the city-county health department serving the county. |Added by Laws 2002, c. 348, § 6, emerg. eff. May 30, 2002.
11 OK Stat § 11-28-102b (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-28-102b. Alcohol and drug abuse evaluation and assessment program.

|In cases where a person has been convicted of violating a municipal ordinance relating to driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicating substance, the person shall be ordered to participate in, prior to sentencing, an alcohol and drug substance abuse evaluation and assessment program offered by a certified assessment agency or certified assessor for the purpose of evaluating and assessing the receptivity to treatment and prognosis of the person. The municipal court shall order the person to reimburse the agency or assessor for the evaluation and assessment. The fee for an evaluation and assessment shall be the amount provided in subsection C of Section 3-460 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes. The evaluation and assessment shall be conducted at a certified assessment agency, the office of a certified assessor or at another location as ordered by the municipal court. The agency or assessor shall, within seventy-two (72) hours from the time the person is evaluated and assessed, submit a written report to the municipal court for the purpose of assisting the municipal court in its final sentencing determination. If such report indicates that the evaluation and assessment shows that the defendant would benefit from a ten-hour or twenty-four-hour alcohol and drug substance abuse course or a treatment program or both, the municipal court shall, as a condition of any sentence imposed require the person to follow all recommendations identified by the evaluation and assessment and ordered by the municipal court. Any evaluation and assessment report submitted to the municipal court pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be handled in a manner which will keep such report confidential from review by the general public. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit the municipal court from ordering judgment and sentence in the event the defendant fails or refuses to comply with an order of the municipal court to obtain the evaluation and assessment required by this section. If the defendant fails or refuses to comply with an order of the municipal court to obtain the evaluation and assessment, the Department of Public Safety shall not reinstate driving privileges until the defendant has complied in full with such order. |Added by Laws 2010, c. 219, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
11 OK Stat § 11-28-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-28-103. Judges and clerks.

|The city governing body may appoint and fix the compensation of one or more judges of the municipal criminal court of record, as may be required, and designate one as a presiding judge. Each judge shall possess the qualifications now required by law to be possessed by associate judges of the district court. The city governing body may appoint or otherwise provide for appointment of a clerk of the municipal criminal court of record and one or more deputy clerks and fix their compensation. The judge shall serve for a term of two (2) years, expiring on a date fixed by ordinance, and until his successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the vote of a majority of all members of the governing body for such cause as is provided by law for the removal of public officers. Any appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term. |Added Laws 1977, c. 256, § 28-103, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-28-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-28-104. Powers and duties of judge.

|A judge of the municipal criminal court of record shall have power to administer oaths, keep and preserve the records of the court, certify transcripts and other records and shall have and possess such other general powers as are possessed by the district judge. The judge shall also approve all recognizances and bonds to which persons charged, or convicted, may be admitted and shall determine and fix the amount thereof. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 28-104, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-28-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-28-105. Disqualification, disability or absence of judge.

|In the event of the disqualification, disability or absence of a regular judge of the municipal criminal court of record, the city governing body shall have power to appoint a special judge to sit for the duration of such disqualification, disability or absence. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 28-105, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-28-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-28-106. Duties of clerk - Certificate as prima facie proof.

|The clerk of the municipal criminal court of record shall keep and preserve the records of all proceedings had in the court, shall keep a docket, and shall collect and receive or cause to be collected and received all fines, costs, bond forfeitures and other monies properly receivable by the clerk and shall account for the same to the city governing body. The governing body may authorize the appropriate finance official of the city by ordinance to collect and receive all fines, costs, bond forfeitures and other monies properly received by the clerk. When the clerk collects and receives such monies, the clerk shall pay or cause to be paid all such sums of money to the appropriate finance official of the city as the governing body may prescribe. It shall be the duty of the clerk to certify and authenticate all transcripts, cases and other records of the court and the certificate of the clerk shall be prima facie proof of the correctness of the copy of the document or record authenticated. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 28-106, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 285, § 1, emerg. eff. May 25, 1992; Laws 1995, c. 166, § 4, emerg. eff. May 4, 1995.
11 OK Stat § 11-28-107 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-28-107. Marshal of court.

|The administrative head of the municipality, upon recommendation of the judge of the municipal court, may designate any appropriate person 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 all writs and other processes directed to him, except as otherwise provided, and such duty may be performed by any deputy marshal or by any member of the police force of the municipality, as the case may be. |Amended by Laws 1986, c. 250, § 9, emerg. eff. June 13, 1986.
11 OK Stat § 11-28-108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-28-108. Reporter.

|A. The presiding judge of the municipal criminal court of record may recommend to the governing body of the city the appointment of a suitable and proper person as court reporter, whose duty it shall be to correctly take and record all of the testimony and proceedings had upon the trial or cases when required by either party. The city governing body shall fix the compensation to be allowed the court reporter. Such reporter may also perform such other clerical duties as the city governing body and judge and clerk of the court may require and shall have power to certify all transcripts and records of evidence and proceedings taken by him. |B. The court reporter, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, shall be duly sworn in open court faithfully to perform the duties of the office.C. The reporter shall not receive any fees from the city other than salary but shall receive the same fees for transcribing the testimony and proceedings from other parties that are received by reporters of the district court for like services.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 28-108, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-28-109 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-28-109. Prosecuting officers.

|The city attorney or municipal counselor and his assistants shall be the prosecuting officers of the municipal criminal court of record and the relation which they bear to the court shall be the same as that borne to the district court by the district attorney. They shall have full power to prosecute violations of any ordinance of the city in the municipal criminal court of record and shall have power to prosecute and resist appeals and proceedings in error or review from the municipal criminal court of record. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 28-109, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-28-110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-28-110. Office of public defender.

|The city governing body may create the office of public defender. The public defender shall be charged upon order of any judge of the municipal criminal court of record with the protection of the rights of any defendant charged with violation of any ordinance in the court. The city governing body may provide for necessary office supplies and equipment and arrange for sufficient office space in public buildings. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 28-110, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-28-111 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-28-111. Qualifications of public defender - Appointment and tenure - Salary - Legal aid.

|A. The office of public defender shall be assumed by an attorney or attorneys authorized to practice law in Oklahoma. Said attorneys shall be appointed by the judges of the municipal criminal court of record and serve at the pleasure of the judges or shall be appointed and removed as provided by the city charter. The salary of the municipal public defender shall be set by the city governing body. |B. The city governing body and/or the presiding or chief judge of the municipal criminal court of record may make suitable arrangements with a legal aid society for representation of indigents in lieu of appointing a municipal public defender.Laws 1977, c. 256, § 28-111, eff. July 1, 1978.
11 OK Stat § 11-28-112 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-28-112. Determination of need for public defense - Appeals.

|The judges of the municipal criminal court of record shall hold such hearing as they deem necessary to determine if an individual is an indigent and entitled to representation at public expense. If an indigent represented by the municipal public defender or legal aid society seriously believes that he has just cause for an appeal, the attorney for said indigent shall specify those portions of the record essential for said appeal and the judge of the court may order a transcript prepared for such appeal at public expense. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 28-112, eff. July 1, 1978. d
11 OK Stat § 11-28-113 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-28-113. Commencement of prosecution - Style – Procedure – Schedule of fines.

|A. All prosecutions commenced in a municipal criminal court of record shall be by information, pursuant to Section 16-108 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for traffic offenses and by information as in the district courts in other cases, which shall be subscribed by the person making complaint and shall be verified before a judge, the court clerk, or a deputy court clerk. All prosecutions for the violation of municipal ordinances shall be styled, "The City of _______ (naming the municipality) vs. __________ (naming the person or persons charged)". |B. Upon receipt of a traffic ticket or complaint by the court clerk, other than a traffic ticket which has been signed by the arrested person as a plea of guilty, the court clerk shall either prepare a copy of the ticket or complaint and deliver the original or duplicate original to the municipal attorney, or record the ticket on a list maintained in the clerk's office and deliver the ticket to the municipal attorney for his disposition. After disposition of the ticket by the municipal attorney, the name shall be removed from the list by the court clerk. A traffic ticket or complaint that is certified by the arresting officer, the complainant, or the municipal attorney, shall constitute an information against the person arrested and served with the traffic ticket or complaint. The ticket or complaint shall be endorsed by the municipal attorney before it is filed with the court clerk; except if the person arrested and served with a traffic ticket or complaint either at the time he is arrested or at a subsequent time shall indicate in writing on the ticket or complaint, above his signature, that he elects to plead guilty to the violation charged, the traffic ticket or complaint shall be filed with the court clerk, as an information, without the endorsement of the municipal attorney, and it shall be the duty of the court clerk to notify the municipal attorney as to the fact of such filing.C. The municipal governing body, by ordinance, may prescribe a schedule of fines for nonjury cases which a defendant may pay in lieu of an appearance before the municipal court, and such payment shall constitute a final determination of the cause against the defendant; provided, however, this subsection shall not apply to those offenses for which the penalty is a fine of more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 28-113, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 59, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1999, c. 217, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2006, c. 38, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
11 OK Stat § 11-28-113.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-28-113.1. Prosecutions by verified complaint - Means of verification - Signature.

|A. 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 and swear that I have read the foregoing information and know the facts and contents thereof and that the facts supporting the 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.B. As used in this section, the term “signature” shall include a digital or electronic signature, as defined in Section 15-102 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 1992, c. 68, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 179, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
11 OK Stat § 11-28-114.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-28-114.1. Arrest for misdemeanor traffic violation other than parking or standing - Bail.

|If a resident or nonresident of a municipality served by 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 2 of this act. 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. |Added by Laws 1986, c. 250, § 11, operative July 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 15, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
11 OK Stat § 11-28-115 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-28-115. Composition of jury - Selection, empanelling and qualification.

|A jury for the trial of cases in the municipal criminal court of record shall consist of six (6) persons who shall be selected, empanelled and qualified in the same manner that jurors are selected, empanelled and qualified in the district court. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 28-115, eff. July 1, 1978.