Oklahoma § 22-1115.4 - Court clerk not liable on dishonored check - Bench

§ 22-1115.4. Court clerk not liable on dishonored check - Bench

warrant and arrest of issuer.

A. In any case where a municipal court clerk or district court

clerk accepts any personal check or other form of a negotiable

instrument from the arrestee or from any person acting for or on his

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure

behalf in payment of a fine or as bail for his appearance for

arraignment, trial or a hearing, and said check or instrument proves

to be on a closed account or is insufficient, false, bogus, a

forgery, or otherwise dishonored for any reason, the court clerk

shall not be civilly liable personally, or upon his official bond

for the amount of such instrument or for the amount of the fine

imposed in the case, or criminally liable therefor.

B. A personal check or other instrument tendered to a municipal

court clerk or district court clerk for bail or for the payment of

fine and costs, if dishonored and returned to said clerk for any

reason other than the lack of proper endorsement, shall constitute

nonpayment of bail or fine, as the case may be, and the court, in

addition to any civil or criminal remedy otherwise provided for by

law, may issue a bench warrant for the arrest of the person named on

the citation to require his appearance on the charge specified.

Added by Laws 1986, c. 250, § 5, operative July 1, 1987.