Garfield County Detention Center Inmate Bail & Bonds

For a state charge, the amount comes from a judge of the District Court. Under the state Constitution, nearly every arrest is "bailable by sufficient sureties," and judges may refuse only on a handful of charges (Okla. Const. art. II § 8). So for most families, the real questions are how much and how soon.

The judges who hear local cases work in the county courthouse, 114 W. Broadway Ave., Enid, OK 73701. Its Court Clerk picks up at 580-237-0232 on weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

How long until a hearing varies with the charge and with weekends. Jail staff at 580-548-2429 can tell you when your person's name comes up on the docket. One rule is firm. Starting November 1, 2025, a repeat DUI arrest means no release by police or jailers at all. A judge has to set the bail and put the reasons for that amount in writing (HB 1222).

Oklahoma judges can choose among several ways to free someone before trial. Each one carries its own cost and risk for the family.

• Own recognizance (OR). No money down. The person's signed word to show up is the bond. State law covers this kind of bond on its own, in 22 O.S. § 1108.1.
• Cash. The full bail amount is paid to a county official allowed to take it. The person can pay, or anyone else can. Release follows (59 O.S. § 1323).
• Surety. A licensed bondsman backs the whole amount for a fee you pay up front.
• Property. Real estate stands in for the money. The filer covers any filing fees (59 O.S. § 1331(A)).
• Release on conditions. Part of Title 22, the Pretrial Release Act, speaks to bail schedules, GPS-style monitors and pretrial programs (22 O.S. § 1105.2, § 1105.3).

Whether a monitor or a pretrial program is used locally is a question for the Court Clerk at 580-237-0232.

Expect a number set charge by charge, not a fixed menu. The judge picks it, and the state Constitution says bail must never be excessive (Okla. Const. art. II § 9). Title 22's Pretrial Release Act also deals with how bail gets set and with bail schedules (22 O.S. § 1105.2). Watch for these special cases:

• Repeat DUI arrests: a judge must name the amount, with written reasons, before anyone leaves (HB 1222, 2025).
• Felony DUI, third offense and up: a judge can now deny release entirely (SB 981, 2025).
• Violent charge on top of an open violent-crime bond: detention is assumed, and it falls to the defense to argue otherwise (HB 3782, 2024).
• City arrests in Enid: the city's municipal code sets those bonds. Questions go to its court at 580-234-0400.

Only the jail can quote today's amount. Have the legal name and birthday ready, phone 580-548-2429 and ask what bond goes with each charge.

You'll find the jail at 1020 South 10th Street, Enid, OK 73701, with an office open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oklahoma lets a cash bond be handed to a county official authorized to take bail, after which the jail lets the person go (59 O.S. § 1323). Work through this list:

1. Phone 580-548-2429 before leaving the house.
2. Read off the legal name and birthday. Note the bond on each count and any hold another agency has placed.
3. Ask if this bond is paid at the jail itself or upstairs at the courthouse with the Court Clerk.
4. Find out what forms of money the window takes today, and what to do after hours or on a Saturday or Sunday.
5. Arrive carrying photo ID and the money counted to the dollar. Save every slip of paper they hand you.

Don't head to Oxford Avenue by mistake. That is the Sheriff's Office, a separate building from the jail.

Two more offices in the county handle court money. Each deals only with its own cases, so a call first saves a wasted trip.

• District Court Clerk (state cases), second floor of the county courthouse, 114 W. Broadway Ave., Enid, OK 73701, 580-237-0232. Hours run 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays, the office stays open over lunch, and it closes for holidays. This office collects and tracks money tied to court cases, including fines, fees and forfeited bonds.
• Enid Municipal Court (city cases), Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Municipal Complex, 401 West Owen K. Garriott Road, Enid, OK 73701, 580-234-0400. It keeps 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekday hours, and payments go to the Administration Building's first floor.

The city court also takes money by mail, by phone and through its online payment page. Before using it for a bond, ask the court whether that page covers bonds on city charges or just fines and costs.

Payment rules at the jail window are best checked the same day. Staff at 580-548-2429 can list what they accept and what name goes in the pay-to blank on a cashier's check.

• Cash bond: you pay the whole bail figure. You can get it back after the case, as long as no court date was skipped.
• Bondsman's fee: this money goes to the bondsman, never to the court. Oklahoma requires the fee to appear on the bond itself and every receipt to carry its own number (59 O.S. § 1316(B), (C)).
• City cases: the municipal court accepts cash, checks, cashier's checks, Visa and MasterCard. Its line is 580-234-0400.

Mailing cash is never safe. File the receipts somewhere you can find them months from now.

Licensing and discipline of bondsmen sit with the Oklahoma Insurance Department. Reach its bail bond division at 400 NE 50th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-521-6610. Know these rules before you sign anything:

• Writing bonds without a state license is against the law (59 O.S. § 1303(A)). Look up any name with the Oklahoma bondsman license search.
• To write bonds in this county, a bondsman first files a registration with the clerk here (59 O.S. § 1320(A)).
• State law bars jail staff and police from also working as bondsmen (59 O.S. § 1315(A)). A bondsman who hunts for clients where prisoners are held or arraigned risks discipline (59 O.S. § 1310(A)(16)).
• The fee is kept once the person gets out. When no release ever comes, the law says to return the premium and collateral quickly (59 O.S. § 1327(B)(2)).
• A bondsman may sometimes surrender the person to jail before any missed hearing and still keep the fee (59 O.S. § 1327(A)). The contract spells out when.

To report a bondsman, use the department's consumer complaint form.

A paid bond frees a person from that one case only. Other trouble can still block the door:

• A hold for some other Oklahoma court. Under HB 1991, in effect since late 2025, that court's bond can be paid where it was set, and then the hold drops.
• A repeat DUI. No release happens before the judge names the bail (HB 1222).
• State supervision. A probation or parole violation can trigger a hold. The local DOC field office is at 1016 West Broadway, Enid, OK 73707, 580-977-3400.
• A separate city charge. City court bonds are posted apart from county ones.
• Federal agents or ICE. Neither is touched by a state bond.

Ask the jail at 580-548-2429 for a full list of holds and warrants before any money changes hands.

Saying no to bail is only allowed for these charges in the state Constitution (Okla. Const. art. II § 8):

1. Crimes that could bring the death penalty, if the evidence of guilt is very strong
2. Violent offenses
3. Crimes that can be punished by a life term, even a life term with no parole
4. Felony cases against someone with at least two earlier felony convictions, each from a separate event
5. Drug charges that can carry ten or more years at the top end

Numbers 2 through 5 add two more tests. Guilt has to look very likely from the evidence. And the judge must decide no list of conditions would keep the public, or one person, out of harm's way. A 2025 law put felony DUI, third offense or later, on the list too (SB 981). Victims may speak up at any hearing about release (Okla. Const. art. II § 34).

Prosecutors from the District 4 District Attorney's office argue these requests. The local office is at 108 S. Independence St., Enid, OK 73701, 580-233-1311.

A bond the family can't reach isn't the final word. The defense may file a motion so the judge reconsiders the amount, and the state's ban on excessive bail backs that up (Okla. Const. art. II § 9).

1. Line up a lawyer. A person who can't pay for one should request the appointed-lawyer paperwork from a jailer.
2. Collect papers that show roots here: pay stubs, a lease, school records, letters from family. Write down a true amount the family could raise.
3. Propose rules that ease what the judge fears, say weekly reporting or staying away from a certain person.
4. Be ready to hear from the prosecutor and from any victim at that hearing.

The Court Clerk at 580-237-0232 can explain how a bond review lands on the docket.

Court-appointed defense here comes from the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System (OIDS). Its Enid trial office, which also covers Alfalfa, Blaine, Grant and Kingfisher counties, is at 205 W Maple Ave, Suite 410, Enid, OK 73701, 580-977-2040.

• The application lives at the Court Clerk's office, where it is also filed. Anyone already in a cell can get the form by asking the officers on duty.
• Eligibility is decided by the judge, who reviews a sworn list of income, debts and assets (22 O.S. § 1355A). Having enough for bail may be part of that review, but by itself it is never enough to turn someone down.
• There is a $40 application charge. It belongs to the court fund, not to OIDS. On request, the judge can let it be paid at the very end.
• In 2025 Oklahoma's top criminal court said it plainly. If a charge could mean jail, the accused is entitled to a lawyer, felony or misdemeanor.

The statewide OIDS home page has more on how appointments work.

Nearly everything runs through one downtown building. Each court below hears its own kind of case:

• District Court (felonies, state misdemeanors, bond hearings), 114 W. Broadway Ave., Enid, OK 73701. Court Clerk 580-237-0232, open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. The county belongs to Judicial District 4.
• Enid Municipal Court (city traffic and ordinance cases), 401 West Owen K. Garriott Road, Enid, OK 73701, 580-234-0400.
• Drummond town court: start at Town Hall, 424 Main Street, Drummond, OK 73735, 580-493-2900.
• Covington town court: start at Town Hall, 224 W Main St, Covington, OK 73730, 580-864-7428.
• Federal court (federal crimes), U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, 200 NW 4th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-609-5000.

A ticket written in any other town? Ask the Court Clerk which court owns it.

When the case closes, whoever posted cash bail gets it refunded. A surrender of the person back into custody also triggers the refund (59 O.S. § 1328(A)). Keep the original receipt with your ID, then ask the Court Clerk at 580-237-0232 how the check is issued.

Skipping court sets off a timeline in state cases (59 O.S. § 1332):

• Arrest warrant: due from the court no more than 10 days past the forfeiture.
• Paperwork: the forfeiture judgment is filed inside 15 days, and the clerk has 30 days beyond that to send notice.
• Grace period: a 90-day clock starts when the bondsman receives that judgment. Producing the person before it runs out cancels the forfeiture.
• Payout: once the clock runs out, the full face value of the bond is deposited with the court clerk by the bondsman or the insurance company.

Municipal courts are quicker. A city judge declares the bond forfeited on the same day the person fails to appear, and court costs are paid out of it (11 O.S. § 27-118).

Before anyone walks out, Oklahoma's jail rules make staff verify the person's identity and the paper that authorizes release. Each wallet, phone or jacket logged at booking gets handed over, and a signed form closes it out. That step comes from OAC 310:670-5-1.

Encourage your person to look over each item before signing. Collecting things on their behalf? Phone the jail office at 580-548-2429, open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Ask if they need a written OK from the person and how leftover account money gets paid out.

Deposits and refunds are covered on our inmate account page.

A federal arrest here goes to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. Its clerk works at 200 NW 4th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-609-5000, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. Federal law lists Enid among the towns where this court can sit.

• Release is settled at a federal detention hearing (18 U.S.C. 3142), not by any state bond.
• Federal deputies hold the person before trial. Their western Oklahoma headquarters, the U.S. Marshals Service, sits at 200 Northwest 4th Street, Room 2022, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-231-4206.
• That often means a stay at the Federal Transfer Center, 7410 S. MacArthur Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73169, 405-682-4075, or a county jail working with the Marshals.
• For a defendant who can't hire counsel, the Federal Public Defender takes the case: 215 Dean A. McGee Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-609-5930.
• Once sentenced, track them with the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

Yes, it can. Paying the state bond does not cancel an immigration detainer. The process runs like this:

1. Step one is paperwork: Form I-247A, the detainer, arrives from ICE, the federal immigration agency (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
2. Under that request, staff may hold the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. ICE agents arrive for a pickup. Oklahoma cases belong to the agency's Dallas Field Office at 8101 N. Stemmons Frwy, Dallas, TX 75247, 972-367-2200. It also runs an office at 1220 Sovereign Row, Oklahoma City, OK 73108, 405-219-3199.
4. Many detainees end up at the Cimarron Correctional Facility, 3200 S. Kings Hwy., Cushing, OK 74023, detainee information 918-225-3336.
5. Enter the person's name plus their country of birth on the ICE Online Detainee Locator.

Oklahoma also wrote its own crime, "impermissible occupation," aimed at people living in the state without legal permission (21 O.S. § 1795, from HB 4156). Right now a federal court order stops the state from enforcing it, and the state has appealed.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) takes charge of anyone sentenced to prison. The move rarely happens right after court. DOC says the wait in county jail is normally 6 to 9 months. From there, an assessment and reception center sorts each new arrival by custody level and assigns a prison.

• Facility profiles for every state lockup sit on our Oklahoma state prisons page.
• Pull up the person's record on the DOC Offender Lookup.
• The main DOC office: 4345 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-425-2500.

Credit for county jail days served before sentencing is close to automatic.

Kids under 18 are kept away from adult inmates. Youth cases here fall under the state Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA), which serves 73 of Oklahoma's 77 counties. OJA's list of detention centers includes the Garfield County Juvenile Detention Center.

• An adult jail can keep a youth no longer than six hours, fully separated from grown inmates, for booking or transport (OAC 310:670-5-5).
• Held youth are owed a detention hearing. Most of the time it comes on the court's next working day.
• Grave crimes by teens who are 15, 16 or 17 can fall under the Youthful Offender Act. A separate step, certification, lets a judge move a youth's case into adult court.
• Enid's city court holds a juvenile docket for city offenses on Thursday afternoons.

Ask OJA which center took the youth. The agency is at 2501 N. Lincoln Blvd., Suite 500, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-530-2800.