Oklahoma Statutes
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 513 (2026)
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The sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jail of his county, and all the prisoners in the same, and shall keep such jail himself, or by his deputy or jailer, for whose acts he and his sureties shall be liable. R.L. 1910, § 1698.
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Cited in 30
cases (17 in the last 5 years), 1988–2026 · leading case: Tulsa Cnty. Deputy Sheriff's Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 188 v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners of Tulsa Cnty., 2000 OK 2, 995 P.2d 1124.
Tulsa Cnty. Deputy Sheriff's Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 188 v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners of Tulsa Cnty., 2000 OK 2, 995 P.2d 1124. “[22] Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 513 (1991). Section 513 provides: The sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jail of his county, and all the prisoners in the same, and shall keep such jail himself, or by his deputy or jailer, for whose acts he and his sureties shall be…”
Kenneth Ray Meade v. Grubbs, Badge No. 128, Individually & as a Deputy Sheriff of the Cnty. of Oklahoma, 841 F.2d 1512 (10th Cir. 1988). “Okla.Stat.Ann. tit. 19, §§ 513 & 547(A) (1962 & 1987 cum.”
Genaro Lopez v. Kenneth Lemaster, Individually & as Sheriff of Jackson Cnty., 172 F.3d 756 (10th Cir. 1999). “There is evidence sufficient, to survive summary judgment showing that Sheriff LeMaster’s failure to provide adequate staffing and monitoring of inmates constitutes a policy attributable to the county, and that he was deliberately indifferent to conditions at the jail.”
In Re Est. of Crowell v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners of Cnty. of Cleveland, 2010 OK 5. “2001 § 994, this order disposed of all the claims and all the parties because the docket sheet shows that Easley and Cummins were never served with summons, that an attorney never entered an appearance on their behalf, and that they never answered the petition.”
Question Submitted by: The Honorable Scott R. Biggs, Oklahoma State Rep., Dist. 51, 2017 OK AG 3 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2017). “Article X, Section 9(a) provides that "[n]o ad valorem tax shall be levied for State purposes, nor shall any part of the proceeds of any ad valorem tax levy upon any kind of property in this state be used for State purposes." Ad valorem taxes levied by counties typically help…”
Question Submitted by: The Honorable Dana Prieto, Oklahoma State Senate, Dist. 34, 2024 OK AG 6 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2024). “2021, § 513 ("[t]he sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jail of his county, and all the prisoners in the same .”
Question Submitted by: The Honorable Dana Prieto, Oklahoma State Senate, Dist. 34, 2024 OK AG 6 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2024). “2021, § 513 ("[t]he sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jail of his county, and all the prisoners in the same .”
Question Submitted by: The Honorable Dana Prieto, Oklahoma State Senate, Dist. 34, 2024 OK AG 6 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2024). “2021, § 513 ("[t]he sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jail of his county, and all the prisoners in the same .”
Question Submitted by: The Honorable Dana Prieto, Oklahoma State Senate, Dist. 34, 2024 OK AG 6 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2024). “2021, § 513 ("[t]he sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jail of his county, and all the prisoners in the same .”
Espinosa-Hernandez v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners of Oklahoma Cnty. (W.D. Okla. 2019). “” Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 513 . The Board cannot, however, defeat potential liability merely by demonstrating that the Sheriff is the official policymaker at the Oklahoma County Jail.”
Bryson v. Okl. Cty. Ex Rel. Okl. Cty. Det. Cet., 2011 OK CIV APP 98, 261 P.3d 627. “Even though the "sheriff shall have charge of the jail," 19 O.S.2001 § 513, the County shall provide for a jail, "at the expense of the county .”
Question Submitted by: Oklahoma Cnty. Dist. Attorney Vicki Zemp Behenna, 2026 OK AG 8 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2026). “BACKGROUND ¶2 In Oklahoma, "[e]very county, by authority of the board of county commissioners and at the expense of the county, shall have a jail or access to a jail in another county for the safekeeping of prisoners lawfully committed.”
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