Statutes

The sheriff, treasurer or assessor in a county shall have the authority to employ a general counsel, either in-house as a staff attorney or through an outside law firm, to advise or represent that officer and his or her office in the performance of the official duties of that office.

It shall be the duty of the sheriff, undersheriffs and deputies to keep and preserve the peace of their respective counties, and to quiet and suppress all affrays, riots and unlawful assemblies and insurrections…

Notwithstanding any other section of law, the county sheriffs of any Oklahoma county may contract with a statewide association of county sheriffs to administer contracts with third parties attempting to locate and notify persons of their outstanding misdemeanor or failure-to-pay warrants.

The sheriff may charge Five Dollars ($5.00) per card for fingerprinting individuals.

There is hereby created a cash account to be known as the “Sheriff’s Commissary Account”.

There is hereby created a cash account to be known as the “Sheriff’s Service Fee Account”…

The sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jail of his county, and all the prisoners in the same …

Oklahoma Statutes Citationized Prisons and Reformatories Section 38 – Reimbursement of Counties – Medical Care The Department of Corrections shall reimburse any county which is required to retain an inmate […]

Oklahoma Statutes Citationized Prisons and Reformatories Section 37 – Facilities Reaching Maximum Capacity If all correctional facilities reach maximum capacity and the Department of Corrections is required to contract for […]

Except as otherwise provided in this section, any detention officer, deputy sheriff, or other person employed as jail operations staff by a county, city, or other entity that operates a jail who receives compensation from any person other than the sheriff or jail administrator for providing goods…