Haskell County Jail Inmate Bail & Bonds

Bail comes from a judge. District Court for this county is held in the Haskell County Courthouse, 202 E. Main Street, Stigler, OK 74462. Judicial District 16 joins this county with Latimer and Le Flore counties, and each county is guaranteed its own associate district judge (Okla. Const. art. VII § 8).

Rules for bail amounts, bail schedules and ankle monitors sit in the Pretrial Release Act (22 O.S. § 1105.2). On some charges the jail can accept a bond right away from a listed amount. On others, nobody can post anything until the judge has spoken.

Repeat drunk driving is one of those. Starting November 1, 2025, police and deputies must keep anyone held on a repeat DUI charge until a magistrate or judge has approved bail and put the reasons on paper (HB 1222). When the first hearing happens depends on the docket. Ask jail staff at 918-967-2400 which day your person goes in front of the judge.

The judge chooses a type of bond, then may stack conditions on it.

• Cash. A family member or friend lays down the whole bail amount, and the person walks out (59 O.S. § 1323). Kept court dates mean the cash comes back later.
• Surety. A bondsman with a state license signs on for the full bail. The family pays this bondsman a premium for that promise.
• Property. A family farm, lot or house can back the bond instead of cash. Expect to pay the fees for filing that paperwork (59 O.S. § 1331).
• Own recognizance. A signed pledge to return replaces money (22 O.S. § 1108.1).
• Pretrial program. The Pretrial Release Act lets courts run programs with reporting and other terms (22 O.S. § 1105.3).

Typical conditions: no contact with an alleged victim, no alcohol, a fixed home address. Ignoring them can land the person back in a cell.

Each bond gets its own number. Charge, criminal history and case facts all shape it. Courts may start from a bail schedule (22 O.S. § 1105.2). Jail staff at 918-967-2400 can read you the figure once you give a full name and birth date.

A rough guide to how charges here tend to group:

• Stigler city tickets. These belong to Stigler Municipal Court and its own bond rules. Reach it through City Hall, 115 S. Broadway, Stigler, OK 74462, 918-967-2164.
• Holding drugs for your own use. State Question 780 turned this into a misdemeanor on July 1, 2017, which tends to mean a smaller bond.
• Theft. Under $1,000 in value usually stays a misdemeanor. More than that can be charged as a felony.
• Repeat DUI. Only a judge sets this bail, with written reasons (HB 1222).
• Domestic abuse or a broken protective order. Count on no-contact terms.
• Violent felonies. Bonds run high, and a hearing could end with no bail at all.

The Sheriff's Office is the place that takes cash bonds at the jail. Staff lock the cash away, deposit it with the County Treasurer, and the money then moves on to the Court Clerk for that case. Here are the steps:

1. Dial 918-967-2400. Write down the bond figure and which charge it covers.
2. Ask which payment types staff can take today, and if a bond can be posted after dark or on Saturday and Sunday.
3. Ask whether a warrant, a hold or a judge's review stands in the way.
4. Drive to 1304 East Industrial St., Stigler, OK 74462, carrying photo ID and the exact sum.
5. Do not leave without a written receipt. Store it safely, since the refund depends on it.

Expect a wait after paying. Paperwork has to clear, and staff hand back the person's belongings before the door opens.

Yes. For District Court cases, the Court Clerk may also take a cash bond. That office sits in the Haskell County Courthouse, 202 E. Main Street, Stigler, OK 74462, and is open regular weekday business hours.

1. Write down the person's full name and the case number, if you have it.
2. Have jail staff at 918-967-2400 confirm the figure and give you the clerk's current number.
3. Carry photo ID. Before paying, check with the clerk which payment types are welcome.
4. Save the clerk's receipt. Ask how word of the posted bond reaches the jail.

Bonds on Stigler city charges go through the city's court instead. City Hall, 115 S. Broadway, Stigler, OK 74462, answers at 918-967-2164 with details on how that court handles them.

The bail law speaks of cash when it describes a cash bond (59 O.S. § 1323). Whether a money order, cashier's check or card is welcome is up to each office. A call to 918-967-2400 before you drive over saves a trip.

• Carry the exact amount. Staff may not have change.
• Cash should never go in an envelope through the mail.
• Make sure every receipt shows the date, the sum and the person's name.
• Pay links on the District Attorney's web page cover restitution, supervision fees, bogus check cases and drug tests. Bail is a separate thing.

With a bondsman, your payment goes to the bondsman, never the jail. Oklahoma law makes the bondsman hand you an individually numbered receipt (59 O.S. § 1316).

No one may work as a bondsman here without a license from the state Insurance Department, which also polices how they behave. Doing that job unlicensed is a crime (59 O.S. § 1303). Each bondsman also signs up with the clerk of any court where they plan to write bonds (59 O.S. § 1320).

• The fee must be printed on the bond paper before it is filed (59 O.S. § 1316).
• The bondsman earns that fee only when the person gets out. No release means the bondsman owes you the fee and any collateral back, quickly (59 O.S. § 1327).
• A jailer or a police officer is barred from writing bonds (59 O.S. § 1315).
• Bondsmen may be punished for hunting for business around a jail or courtroom (59 O.S. § 1310).
• Ask for the fee and any collateral deal in writing first.

To check a bondsman, use the bail bondsman license lookup. The Insurance Department, 400 NE 50th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, takes bail bond calls at 405-521-6610. Problems can be reported through its complaint form.

A bond frees a person only from the case it was written for. Watch for these other holds:

• Another Oklahoma city or county wants them. A 2025 law, HB 1991, allows posting that other place's bond from this jail, which clears the hold.
• A town case. The jail houses prisoners for towns in the county too, and a town charge may carry a bond of its own.
• Supervision. A probation or parole officer can ask that the person be kept until a judge reviews things.
• Drunk driving, second time or more. No bond can be posted until the judge acts.
• Federal or ICE holds. Each works under its own rules, explained in later answers.

So call 918-967-2400 and have staff read off each hold on file. One paid bond won't help while a second hold remains.

Bail is a right for nearly everyone arrested in Oklahoma (Okla. Const. art. II § 8). The constitution names the few kinds of cases where a judge may turn it down:

• Capital charges where guilt looks plain
• Violent crimes
• Offenses that can carry a life sentence
• A felony when the person has two earlier felony convictions from separate cases
• Drug crimes where the top penalty is ten years or more
• Third-offense felony DUI and beyond, added in 2025 (SB 981)

Outside capital cases, the judge needs two findings. Guilt has to be plain from the proof, and no release terms could protect the public. A separate clause forbids excessive bail (Okla. Const. art. II § 9). And since November 1, 2024, a new violent charge filed while a person is free on bond for an earlier violent charge creates a presumption against release (HB 3782).

District Attorney District 18 argues for the state at these hearings, from an office in the courthouse at 202 E. Main Street, Stigler, OK 74462, 918-967-4648.

Nothing stops a judge from revisiting the figure. The defense lawyer is the one who files the request, and the constitution bars bail higher than the case calls for (Okla. Const. art. II § 9).

1. Reach the lawyer early. Ask for a bond review at the next hearing.
2. Collect proof of work, a place to live and relatives close by. Settle on what the family can really afford.
3. Offer conditions that answer the judge's concerns, for example weekly check-ins or a stay-away order.
4. Expect the alleged victim to be heard too, since Marsy's Law gives them a voice on release (Okla. Const. art. II § 34).

Jail staff at 918-967-2400 can give the next court date, which is often when a review comes up.

Locally, the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System (OIDS) hires a contract law firm to defend people who cannot pay. That help reaches misdemeanors that could mean jail time, not just felonies. The state's top criminal court spelled this out in a 2025 decision.

• A district judge rules on who is poor enough to qualify, based on a form showing what the person earns, owns and owes (22 O.S. § 1355A).
• Bail money counts in the decision, yet being able to post bail is never the only reason to deny help.
• The application goes to the Court Clerk at 202 E. Main Street, Stigler, OK 74462. From a jail cell, the person simply asks a jailer for one.
• A $40 fee is owed to the Court Fund, not to OIDS. If the person asks, that fee is deferred, so nothing is due up front.

The contract firm's mailing address is P.O. Box 791, Muskogee, OK 74402, and its phone is 918-683-4445. OIDS runs its trial division from 111 N. Peters Ave, Suite 500, Norman, OK 73069, 405-801-2655. Calling OIDS will not get a lawyer named, because that choice belongs to the judge.

• District Court (every state criminal case, adult or juvenile): Haskell County Courthouse, 202 E. Main Street, Stigler, OK 74462. Jail staff at 918-967-2400 can pass along the Court Clerk's line.
• Stigler Municipal Court (city ordinance, traffic and parking matters): through City Hall, 115 S. Broadway, Stigler, OK 74462, 918-967-2164.
• Choctaw Nation courts (certain cases with tribal citizens): Judicial Center, 2250 Chukka Hina, Durant, OK 74701, 580-920-7027, and Tribal Courthouse, 302 Church Street, Talihina, OK 74571, 918-567-3582.
• Federal court (U.S. charges): U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 101 North 5th Street, Room 208, Muskogee, OK 74401, 918-684-7920.

This part of southeast Oklahoma is in the area the Choctaw Nation serves. Since McGirt v. Oklahoma in 2020, charges against a tribal member for a crime on reservation land generally leave state court for tribal or federal court. Castro-Huerta in 2022 added that the state can also bring charges when a non-Indian is accused of a crime against an Indian on that land. Which court gets a given case is a question for the defense lawyer.

Under 59 O.S. § 1328, a cash bond is handed back at the end of the case, or earlier if the person is formally surrendered. That refund runs through the Court Clerk at the Haskell County Courthouse, 202 E. Main Street, Stigler, OK 74462, so hang on to the receipt.

Skipping court starts the clock under 59 O.S. § 1332:

• Inside ten days, the court puts out a warrant.
• A forfeiture order is filed inside 15 days. Notice must follow from the clerk within 30 days.
• The bondsman then has 90 days to produce the person. Doing so cancels the forfeiture.
• Past the 90 days, the bondsman must pay the clerk the full amount written on the bond.

For refund or forfeiture questions, stop by the clerk's counter, or ask jail staff at 918-967-2400 for the clerk's phone line.

On the way out, the jail standards in OAC 310:670-5-1 have staff make a positive ID and check the release paperwork before anyone is let go. Each item is checked off the booking list, and the person signs that it came back.

Phone 918-967-2400 and ask how leftover account money is returned, by check, card or cash. Ask too whether a relative can gather things the person left. Carry photo ID, plus written permission from the person if staff want it. For how jail accounts work in general, read our inmate money page.

Federal charges brought here go before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 101 North 5th Street, Room 208, Muskogee, OK 74401, 918-684-7920. Its clerk is open weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• Release turns on a detention hearing before a federal judge (18 U.S.C. 3142). Commercial bondsmen play no part.
• Deputy marshals take charge of the person before trial. Their district office is at 101 North 5th Street, Suite 136, Muskogee, OK 74401, 539-239-5500.
• Marshals may house the person at the Federal Transfer Center, 7410 S. MacArthur Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73169, 405-682-4075. They may also use a county jail that once signed a deal with the Marshals, such as the Muskogee County jail (Sheriff's Office, 220 State St., Muskogee, OK 74402, 918-687-0202).
• A free federal lawyer may come from the Federal Public Defender, 112 North 7th Street, Muskogee, OK 74401, 918-687-2430.
• When a federal sentence starts, check the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

No. A state bond and an ICE hold are two different things. Here is the path most cases take:

1. The process starts with Form I-247A, which ICE sends to ask for a short extra hold.
2. With that request, the jail can keep the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. ICE officers come to take custody. Cases in this state belong to ICE's Dallas Field Office, 8101 N. Stemmons Frwy, Dallas, TX 75247, 972-367-2200, which also runs an office at 1220 Sovereign Row, Oklahoma City, OK 73108, 405-219-3199.
4. Next stop is often Cimarron Correctional Facility, 3200 S. Kings Hwy., Cushing, OK 74023, 918-225-3336, or sent to a site in another state.
5. Then check the ICE Online Detainee Locator. An A-number works best. Without one, try their name together with their birth country.

A state immigration crime was also passed in HB 4156 (21 O.S. § 1795). A federal judge's order keeps it from being used while the appeal goes on.

State prison time is handled by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC). A sentenced person usually waits out the transfer in the county jail. Half a year or more is normal here: DOC says 6 to 9 months.

Entry into DOC starts at an assessment and reception center. There, staff rate the person's custody level and pick a prison to match. Credit for days already served in the county jail is nearly always given.

• The DOC Offender Lookup shows the prison once a name is entered.
• For visits and contact facts, open the Oklahoma state prisons page we keep.
• Call the DOC main office, 4345 North Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-425-2500.

The Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA) handles youth cases here. Its district office is in Courthouse Suite 7, 202 East Main Street, Stigler, OK 74462, 918-967-8401, staffed weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parents can call there to learn where their child was taken and when the judge will see them.

• Kids kept in custody are sent to a youth detention center. The adult jail is not where they stay.
• Processing a minor in a grown-up jail is capped near six hours, out of sight and hearing of grown inmates, a limit spelled out in OAC 310:670-5-5.
• A judge usually holds a detention hearing on the following court day.
• For grave crimes, teens aged 15 through 17 may be handled as youthful offenders. Through certification, some cases move up to the adult courtroom.

OJA headquarters: 2501 N. Lincoln Blvd, Suite 500, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-530-2800.