2015 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 22. Criminal Procedure
§22-979a. Payment of jail costs by inmate.

A. The court shall require a person who is actually received into custody at a jail facility or who is confined in a city or county jail or holding facility, for any offense, to pay the jail facility or holding facility the costs of incarceration, both before and after conviction, upon conviction or receiving a deferred sentence. The costs of incarceration shall be collected by the clerk of the court as provided for collection of other costs and fines, which shall be subject to review under the procedures set forth in Section VIII of the Rules of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, Chapter 18, Appendix of this title. Costs of incarceration shall include booking, receiving and processing out, housing, food, clothing, medical care, dental care, and psychiatric services. The costs for incarceration shall be an amount equal to the actual cost of the services and shall be determined by the chief of police for city jails and holding facilities, by the county sheriff for county jails or by contract amount, if applicable. In the event a person requires emergency medical treatment for an injury or condition that threatens life or threatens the loss or use of a limb prior to being actually received into the custody of any jail facility, the provisions of Section 533 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall apply to taking custody, medical care and cost responsibility. The cost of incarceration shall be paid by the court clerk, when collected, to the municipality, holding facility, county or other public entity responsible for the operation of such facility where the person was held at any time. Except for medical costs, ten percent (10%) of any amount collected by the court clerk shall be paid to the municipal attorney’s or district attorney’s office, and the remaining amount shall be paid to the municipality, the sheriff’s service fee account or, if the sheriff does not operate the jail facility, the remaining amount shall be deposited with the public entity responsible for the operation of the jail facility where the person was held at any time. The court shall order the defendant to reimburse all actual costs of incarceration, upon conviction or upon entry of a deferred judgment and sentence unless the defendant is a mentally ill person as defined by Section 1-103 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes. The sheriff shall give notice to the defendant of the actual costs owed before any court-ordered costs are collected. The defendant shall have an opportunity to object to the amount of costs solely on the grounds that the number of days served is incorrect. If no objection is made, the costs may be collected in the amount stated in the notice to the defendant. The sheriff, municipality or other public entity responsible for the operation of the jail may collect costs of incarceration ordered by the court from the jail account of the inmate. If the funds collected from the jail account of the inmate are insufficient to satisfy the actual incarceration costs ordered by the court, the sheriff, municipality or other public entity responsible for the operation of the jail is authorized to collect the remaining balance of the incarceration costs by civil action. When the sheriff, municipality or other public entity responsible for the operation of the jail collects any court-ordered incarceration costs from the jail account of the inmate or by criminal or civil action, the court clerk shall be notified of the amount collected.

B. Except as may otherwise be provided in Section 533 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any offender receiving routine or emergency medical services or medications or injured during the commission of a felony or misdemeanor offense and administered any medical care shall be required to reimburse the sheriff, municipality or other public entity responsible for the operation of the jail, the full amount paid by the sheriff, municipality or other public entity responsible for the operation of the jail for any medical care or treatment administered to such offender during any period of incarceration or when the person was actually received into custody for any reason in that jail facility. The sheriff, municipality or other public entity responsible for the operation of the jail may deduct the costs of medical care and treatment as authorized by Section 531 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes. If the funds collected from the jail account of the inmate are insufficient to satisfy the actual medical costs paid, the sheriff, municipality or other public entity responsible for the operation of the jail shall be authorized to collect the remaining balance of the medical care and treatment by civil actions.

C. Costs of incarceration shall be a debt of the inmate owed to the municipality, county, or other public entity responsible for the operation of the jail and may be collected as provided by law for collection of any other civil debt or criminal penalty.

D. The court shall not waive the costs of incarceration in their entirety. However, if the court determines that a reduction in the fine, costs, and costs of incarceration is warranted, the court shall equally apply the same percentage reduction to the fine, costs, and costs of incarceration owed by the defendant.

Added by Laws 1990, c. 130, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 311, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1996, c. 153, § 1, emerg. eff. May 7, 1996; Laws 1998, c. 290, § 3, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 1, § 8, emerg. eff. Feb. 24, 1999; Laws 1999, c. 205, § 1, emerg. eff. May 25, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 258, § 7, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 319, § 2; Laws 2004, c. 455, § 1; Laws 2005, c. 1, § 16, emerg. eff. March 15, 2005; Laws 2005, c. 470, § 2, emerg. eff. June 9, 2005; Laws 2008, c. 366, § 2, emerg. eff. June 3, 2008.

NOTE: Laws 1998, c. 209, § 1 repealed by Laws 1999, c. 1, § 45, emerg. eff. Feb. 24, 1999. Laws 2004, c. 275, § 11 repealed by Laws 2005, c. 1, § 17, emerg. eff. March 15, 2005. Laws 2005, c. 111, § 2 repealed by Laws 2005, c. 470, § 3, emerg. eff. June 9, 2005.