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Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 47 (2026)

Sheriff to have charge of the jail

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The sheriff, or such person designated by law in place of the sheriff, shall have charge of the county jail of his or her county and of all persons by law confined therein, and such sheriff or other officer is hereby required to conform, in all respects, to the rules and directions promulgated pursuant to the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act and of the district judge and communicated to the sheriff by the proper authority. R.L. 1910, § 4585. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 19, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 2025, c. 11, § 12, emerg. eff. April 28, 2025.

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Cited in 21 cases (14 in the last 5 years), 1977–2026 · leading case: 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).
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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). “See Okla.Stat.Ann. tit. 57, § 47 (1987 cum. supp.”
Est. of Crowell Ex Rel. Boen v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 2010 OK 5, 237 P.3d 134. “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.”
Langford v. Grady Cnty. Det. Ctr., 670 F. Supp. 2d 1213 (W.D. Okla. 2009). · cites it 3× “” Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 47 . Thus, Olda. Stat.”
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.”
State ex rel. Wise v. Whistler, 562 P.2d 860 (Okla. 1977). “While 57 O.S.1971, § 47, places the sheriff in charge of the jail, the same section of our statutes require conformance by the sheriff with the rules promulgated by the district judges, as provided for in § 43.”
Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners v. State Ex Rel. Okla. Dept. of Corr., 2021 OK CIV APP 33. “§47 provides: "The sheriff, or such person designated by law in his place, shall have charge of the county jail of his county and of all persons by law confined therein, and such sheriff or other officer is hereby required to conform, in all respects, to the rules and directions…”
Question Submitted by: The Honorable Dana Prieto, Oklahoma State Senate, Dist. 34, 2024 OK AG 6 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2024). · cites it 2× “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). · cites it 2× “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). · cites it 2× “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). · cites it 2× “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: Oklahoma Cnty. Dist. Attorney Vicki Zemp Behenna, 2026 OK AG 8 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2026). · cites it 2× “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.”
Question Submitted by: The Honorable Steve Kunzweiler, Dist. Attorney, Dist. 14, 2015 OK AG 4 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2015). · cites it 3× “57 O.S.2011, § 47 (emphasis added). Jailers must be trained in accordance with standards set forth by the Oklahoma State Department of Health and may not be permitted to supervise jail inmates if the jailer does not meet such standards.”
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