Bryan County Jail Inmate Bail & Bonds

On a state charge, bail is a judge's call. The judge sits in the District Court for Judicial District 19, which covers just this one county. Oklahoma's District Courts have three kinds of judges: district, associate district and special judges (Okla. Const. art. VII § 8).

Court meets at the county courthouse in Durant. The Court Clerk's office answers at 580-924-1446 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Ask the jail at 580-931-0673 when the first court date is, because the timing depends on the court's calendar.

Some people must see a judge before any release. Repeat DUI arrests are one example. For DUI arrests on or after November 1, 2025, a repeat offense takes release out of the jail's hands. A judge must grant that bail and explain the amount in writing (HB 1222).

A ticket under a city law is a different matter. Those cases go to the city's own court, such as Durant Municipal Court, handled through City Hall, 300 W Evergreen, Durant, OK 74701, 580-931-6600.

Oklahoma law gives families several ways to secure a release:

• Cash bond. Anyone, the accused included, may pay the whole bail in money to an official who can accept it. The person then walks out (59 O.S. § 1323).
• Surety bond. You pay a licensed bondsman a fee known as a premium, and the bondsman backs the full bail.
• Property bond. Real estate is pledged to cover the bail. Whoever files it pays the filing fees (59 O.S. § 1331).
• Own recognizance. The accused signs a pledge to come to court and pays nothing that day. State law has a section written for these bonds (22 O.S. § 1108.1).
• Release with rules. The Pretrial Release Act lets courts use pretrial programs and electronic monitoring (22 O.S. § 1105.2, § 1105.3).

To learn which choices the judge allowed in your case, call the Court Clerk at 580-924-1446. Ask too whether a pretrial program runs here.

Judges look at the type of charge, past convictions and any history of skipped court dates. For the exact figure on your person, call the jail at 580-931-0673. These points shape the number:

• Simple drug possession is a misdemeanor, not a felony, since July 1, 2017 (State Question 780).
• Theft and other property crimes under $1,000 are misdemeanors under the same change.
• Repeat DUI arrests wait for a judge, who has to state in writing why the bond is set where it is (HB 1222).
• Felony DUI, third offense or more, may be denied bail outright (SB 981).
• Another violent arrest during a bond on an earlier violent case makes release harder, since the law presumes the person stays in (HB 3782).
• The gravest charges, such as violent or life-sentence crimes, may get no bail (Okla. Const. art. II § 8).
• City tickets carry bonds set by the city's court, not the District Court.

Write down the charge and the amount. Then ask the Court Clerk at 580-924-1446 if the case number is ready.

The jail sits with the Sheriff's Office at 402 Evergreen Street, Durant, OK 74701. Office staff keep hours Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Follow these steps:

1. Call the jail at 580-931-0673. Read off the name letter by letter, plus the birth date.
2. Ask the bond amount, each charge, and whether any hold would stop a release.
3. Ask where bond is taken right now, at what hours, and which kinds of payment staff accept.
4. If you use a bondsman, check that the bond form is filled in and notarized. Once charges are filed, the form needs the case number on it.
5. Carry ID with a photo, and hold on to each receipt.

The Sheriff's Office warns that a bond with mistakes will be turned away by the Court Clerk's office, and the person could land back in jail. Bondsmen are in charge of their own paperwork. After office hours, the Sheriff's dispatch line answers day and night at 580-924-3737.

State law says bail money can be paid to any officer who is allowed to take it (59 O.S. § 1323). For a District Court case, that can include the Court Clerk at the county courthouse in Durant.

• Court Clerk: call 580-924-1446, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Ask whether the clerk will take your cash bond, the street address and room, and what payment the window takes.
• City court: for a city ticket, call City Hall at 580-931-6600 and ask how the municipal court takes bonds.
• Police stations: call the agency that made the arrest before you drive there. Ask whether it holds the person or has already sent them to the jail.

The online payment link on the District Attorney's state page is for bad-check, restitution and supervision fees. It does not post bail.

Ask the jail at 580-931-0673 which forms it takes for a cash bond before you leave home. Ask the same of the Court Clerk if you pay there.

• The lobby kiosk and the online deposit page put money on a jail spending account. They are not for bail.
• The jail turns down money orders for those accounts, so don't count on one for bond either until staff say yes.
• A bondsman takes the premium from you. By law the bond itself shows that fee, and the bondsman hands over a receipt with its own number (59 O.S. § 1316).
• Never mail cash, and never hand money to someone who calls claiming to be from the jail.

Bondsmen answer to the Oklahoma Insurance Department, which grants their licenses and polices their work. Working as a bondsman with no license is against the law (59 O.S. § 1303). Points to check:

• Before signing on any bond, the bondsman has to be on file with the Court Clerk (59 O.S. § 1320).
• Jailers and police officers can't be bondsmen (59 O.S. § 1315).
• Bondsmen can be disciplined for seeking customers in or near a jail (59 O.S. § 1310).
• A bondsman earns the premium only once the person is released and stays out of custody. Otherwise the fee and any collateral go back to you without delay (59 O.S. § 1327).
• Before any missed court date, a bondsman may turn the person back in. In some cases the premium is kept.

Confirm any bondsman is licensed through the state's license search tool. To report a bondsman, use the department's online complaint page or phone the bail bond staff at 405-521-6610. The department is at 400 NE 50th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105.

A bond settles one case and nothing more. These other holds can still apply:

• Another place's warrant. When a different Oklahoma county or town wants the person, its bond can be posted to clear that hold, under HB 1991 (November 1, 2025).
• A second case. A city charge needs one bond, and a District Court charge needs another.
• Probation or parole. A supervising officer can tell the jail to keep them.
• A judge's rules. The person may need to be fitted with a monitor or join a program first.
• A federal or immigration hold. ICE and the U.S. Marshals act on their own papers.

Before paying, ask the jail at 580-931-0673 to read you every hold, warrant and bond on file.

Under the state constitution, most people have a right to bail. Only certain charges let a judge refuse it (Okla. Const. art. II § 8):

• capital offenses, when guilt is plain from the proof
• violent offenses
• charges that could mean life behind bars, even without parole
• a felony charge after two or more past felonies from separate events
• a drug charge carrying a decade or more behind bars

Except in capital cases, the judge needs two more findings. The proof of guilt must be strong, and no release rules could keep the public or any person safe. Bail may never be excessive (Okla. Const. art. II § 9). Since late 2025, third and later felony DUI charges can be held too (SB 981).

The District Attorney's office for District 19 argues for high bail or no bail. Its office for this county is in the courthouse in Durant, 580-924-4032.

A bail that is too high for the charge can be challenged, since Oklahoma bans excessive bail (Okla. Const. art. II § 9). Here is how families usually go about it:

1. Get a lawyer, private or court-appointed, to file a written request with the judge who has the case.
2. Gather proof that the person will come back: a job, a home address, family ties and a record of making court dates.
3. Suggest rules the judge could use instead, such as check-ins or an ankle monitor (22 O.S. § 1105.2).
4. Expect the victim, if there is one, to have a right to speak at the hearing (Okla. Const. art. II § 34).

The Court Clerk at 580-924-1446 can tell you the judge's name and the next date for the case.

People who can't afford a lawyer can ask for one. Here, the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System (OIDS) uses private lawyers under contract for these cases.

• The form comes from the Court Clerk's office, 580-924-1446, and is turned in there too. Someone locked up can get a copy from the officers at the jail.
• The judge reviews a sheet listing income, debts and property to decide who qualifies (22 O.S. § 1355A). Money for bail alone can't settle that question.
• Applying costs $40, paid into the Court Fund. That fee can wait until the case is over if you ask.
• Phoning OIDS does not assign a lawyer. That job belongs to the judge.

Questions go to the OIDS Non-Capital Trial Division, 111 N. Peters Ave, Suite 500, Norman, OK 73069, 405-801-2655.

Which court has the case depends on the charge and who is accused:

• District Court, Judicial District 19: the county courthouse in Durant. For the street address and courtroom, call the Court Clerk at 580-924-1446.
• Durant Municipal Court: city cases, through City Hall, 300 W Evergreen, Durant, OK 74701, 580-931-6600.
• Choctaw Nation Judicial Center: 2250 Chukka Hina, Durant, OK 74701, 580-920-7027.
• Chickasaw Nation District Court: Judicial Building, 821 N. Mississippi, Ada, OK 74820, 580-235-0281.
• Federal court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 101 North 5th Street, Room 208, Muskogee, OK 74401, 918-684-7920.

Tribal courts matter here. Since McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020) and the rulings that followed, tribal or federal courts usually take cases against tribal citizens accused of crimes on a reservation. When the accused is not Indian and the victim is, the state may bring charges as well (Castro-Huerta, 2022). Ask a lawyer which court will hear your case.

Posted cash comes back once the case closes, or once the defendant is turned in (59 O.S. § 1328). Keep your receipt and photo ID, and call the Court Clerk at 580-924-1446 to ask how the refund is paid.

A missed court date starts a clock under 59 O.S. § 1332:

• The judge may forfeit the bond. A warrant for the person's arrest follows within 10 days.
• Within 15 days, a written forfeiture order goes on file, and the clerk mails notice within another 30.
• The bondsman then gets a 90-day window to produce the person. If the person is back in time, the clerk undoes the forfeiture and releases the bond.
• Miss that deadline, and the bondsman or insurer owes the court the whole bond amount.

Anyone who signed for the bond should call a lawyer right away after a missed date.

On the way out, the jail checks the person's identity and the order to free them. Each item is checked off the list made at intake, and the person gives a signature to confirm (OAC 310:670-5-1).

• Any commissary balance is paid only to the person, and only when they are released.
• Prepaid phone money expires 6 months after last use, and a refund can be requested. Money on a PIN debit phone account belongs to the person and is not refunded.
• If you are collecting items for someone, phone the jail at 580-931-0673 first. Ask if they must sign a form letting you take their things, and which ID to bring.

Our account deposits guide and jail calls guide explain those accounts.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma hears federal crimes from this area. By law that court can sit in Durant, but its clerk's office is at 101 North 5th Street, Room 208, Muskogee, OK 74401, 918-684-7920.

• Going home or staying locked up is decided at a federal detention hearing (18 U.S.C. 3142).
• While the case is open, U.S. Marshals hold the person. Their district office is at 101 North 5th Street, Suite 136, Muskogee, OK 74401, 539-239-5500.
• People may pass through the Federal Transfer Center, 7410 S. MacArthur Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73169, 405-682-4075.
• The Federal Public Defender is at 112 North 7th Street, Muskogee, OK 74401, 918-687-2430.
• After sentencing, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

No. A state bond does not lift an immigration detainer. This is what to expect:

1. ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) puts a detainer on file using Form I-247A. With that form, ICE requests that the person stay locked up.
2. The jail may hold them up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released, so ICE can pick them up (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. ICE in Oklahoma works under its Dallas Field Office. Its Oklahoma City office is at 1220 Sovereign Row, Oklahoma City, OK 73108, 405-219-3199.
4. After pickup, a detainee might be housed at Cimarron Correctional Facility, 3200 S. Kings Hwy., Cushing, OK 74023, 918-225-3336, or moved through the Federal Transfer Center.
5. Search the ICE Online Detainee Locator with the person's name and birth country.

Oklahoma also passed its own immigration crime, HB 4156 (21 O.S. § 1795). It cannot be enforced for now: a federal judge blocked it, and Oklahoma's appeal is pending.

Moving to prison after sentencing takes a while. The Department of Corrections says the transfer typically comes 6 to 9 months after sentencing, so the wait is spent in the county jail. Next, DOC sends them to one of its assessment and reception centers to rate their custody level. The final move is to a prison that fits that rating.

• Our Oklahoma state prisons page covers each facility.
• The DOC Offender Lookup finds people by name.
• Reach the Oklahoma Department of Corrections at 4345 N. Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-425-2500.

Days already served in the county jail almost always count toward the sentence.

Minors are not jailed with adults. A youth can stay at an adult jail for six hours at most, for processing or a transfer, and must be kept completely apart from adults in the jail (OAC 310:670-5-5). The county has no detention center of its own, so ask where the youth was taken.

• This county works under the Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA), 2501 N. Lincoln Blvd, Suite 500, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-530-2800.
• The local OJA services agency is Youth Services of Bryan County, 1105 Lynnwood, P.O. Box 813, Durant, OK 74702, 580-924-6263.
• Expect a detention hearing quickly, as a rule by the next day court is open.
• For serious crimes, teens aged 15 to 17 can face the Youthful Offender Act. Certification can also send a youth case to adult court.