Logan County Detention Center Inmate Bail & Bonds

A judge does. Felony and misdemeanor cases filed by the state go to the District Court at the county courthouse, 301 E. Harrison, Guthrie, OK 73044. Inmates are brought to the arraignment docket, held Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. That calendar can shift, so treat it as a guide.

To learn if your person is on a given day's docket, phone the Court Clerk at 405-282-0123 between 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. An arrest late on a Friday or before a holiday can push the wait longer, and the jail can tell you what to expect.

A repeat DUI is a special case. Starting November 1, 2025, release on a repeat DUI arrest, meaning the second one or any after, has to wait for bail from a judge or magistrate, who must give written findings about the amount (HB 1222). A city ticket from Guthrie, Crescent or Langston is handled by that town's own court.

The state Constitution promises bail to nearly everyone charged with a crime (Okla. Const. art. II § 8). In practice, a release in this county takes one of these forms:

• Cash bond. Someone, the accused or a helper, deposits every dollar of the bail. After that deposit, the person is released (59 O.S. § 1323).
• Surety bond. A state-licensed bondsman promises the court the entire bail. In exchange, the family pays the bondsman a charge called a premium.
• Property bond. Real estate the family owns can back the bond. Whoever files the property bond covers its filing fees (59 O.S. § 1331).
• Own recognizance. The accused signs, the court trusts that signature, and nothing is paid at the start (22 O.S. § 1108.1).
• Release with conditions. The state's Pretrial Release Act lets courts add rules such as electronic monitoring (22 O.S. § 1105.2). Ask the Court Clerk if a pretrial program is used in this county.

The judge picks the amount for each charge, and two charges mean two bonds. For the figure on a certain case, call the jail at 405-282-4100. These state rules shape what you will hear:

• Simple drug possession: State Question 780 turned it into a misdemeanor on July 1, 2017, so the bond tends to run below felony levels.
• Theft or other property crimes under $1,000: also a misdemeanor under the same reform.
• Second DUI: only a judge can set the bond, with written reasons (HB 1222).
• Third or later felony DUI: a judge may refuse bail (SB 981).
• Out on bond for one violent crime and arrested for another: since 2024, the judge begins from jail, and the defense has to push for release (HB 3782).
• Murder, other violent crimes and life-sentence cases: the judge can order no bail once a hearing shows strong proof (Okla. Const. art. II § 8).
• A warrant from Payne County, another Oklahoma county or a city: its bond belongs to the place that issued it, and it may be posted there (HB 1991).
• City ordinance tickets: set by the municipal court in that town.

Jail and Sheriff's Office sit together at 216 South Broad St., Guthrie, OK 73044. Front office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Use these steps:

1. Call 405-282-4100 and say you want to post a bond.
2. Give the full name and date of birth. Write down each charge, its bond amount and any case number.
3. Ask whether the bond is taken at the jail or the Court Clerk's office right now. Also ask what payment works.
4. If a bondsman is helping, make sure the bond is filled in and notarized the right way, with case numbers once a case is filed. The Sheriff warns that the Court Clerk's office will not accept or file a bond done wrong, and the person can be arrested again.
5. Take your driver's license or other photo ID along. Save every receipt in a safe place.

The Court Clerk works in Room 201, on the second floor of the Logan County Courthouse, 301 E. Harrison, Guthrie, OK 73044, 405-282-0123. Staff there help with case numbers, case status and court dates. They can't give legal advice or suggest a bondsman. Phone ahead to confirm the clerk's window will take a cash bond on your case.

City charges go to the town court that wrote the ticket:

• Guthrie Municipal Court: 101 N 2nd St, Guthrie, OK 73044, 405-282-2489. Court meets Wednesdays at 2:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber upstairs at City Hall. The clerk's desk is in the Utility Office on the second floor, weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Crescent Municipal Court: 205 N Grand, Crescent, OK 73028, 405-310-8200.
• Langston court: 222 S Tolson Street, Langston, OK 73050, 405-466-2271. Open weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

For court payments, the Court Clerk takes cash, money orders, cashier's checks and Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express. The card holder must be there with a driver's license. The clerk takes no payments over the phone. By mail, the clerk wants a cashier's check or money order payable to "Court Clerk," sent to 301 E. Harrison, Room 201, Guthrie, OK 73044.

Fines and costs on cases sentenced since 2005 can be paid any time on the state court payment site. That site is for money owed after a case, so ask the clerk at 405-282-0123 before you try it for a bond.

The kiosk in the Sheriff's lobby is set up for jail account deposits. For a bond, ask the jail at 405-282-4100 what it takes before you drive over. Never mail cash.

Licenses for bondsmen come from the Oklahoma Insurance Department, and so do complaints and penalties. Its bail bond division is at 400 NE 50th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-521-6610. Know these rules before you sign:

• Acting as a bondsman takes a state license (59 O.S. § 1303). Before writing bonds in this courthouse, a bondsman registers with its court clerk (59 O.S. § 1320).
• Look for the premium amount printed on the bond itself. Ask for your receipt, which must carry a unique number (59 O.S. § 1316).
• Once the person is free of every custody hold, the premium is earned. If release never happens, the law says your premium and collateral must be returned promptly (59 O.S. § 1327).
• Jailers and police officers can't be bondsmen (59 O.S. § 1315). A bondsman who hunts for clients around a jail or courtroom can be disciplined (59 O.S. § 1310).
• Check a license on the bondsman license lookup. File complaints with the department on its online complaint form.

The fee is set between you and the bondsman, so get it on paper.

Paying one bond clears only the case it was written for. Other holds the jail may list:

• A warrant from another Oklahoma county or town. The family may now clear that hold by paying the other county's or city's bond there, a change from November 2025 (HB 1991).
• A city charge. A Guthrie, Crescent or Langston ticket needs its own bond in that town's court.
• Probation, parole or a state prison hold. The Department of Corrections may have its own say.
• A repeat DUI. No release happens until a judge acts, even with cash in hand (HB 1222).
• Federal agents or ICE. Either kind of hold stays in place after the state bond clears.
• Bad paperwork. A bond missing a notary stamp or a case number can be turned away.

Before you pay, ask the jail at 405-282-4100 to read you every hold on file.

Holding someone with no bail is the exception in Oklahoma. Okla. Const. art. II § 8 limits it to five groups of charges:

• death-penalty crimes, when guilt is evident
• any offense the law defines as violent
• charges that could end in life behind bars, parole or not
• a felony charge against someone with at least two earlier, unrelated felony convictions
• drug cases that can bring ten or more years

Outside death-penalty cases, a no-bail order also needs two findings: strong proof of guilt, plus no release terms that could keep people safe. Okla. Const. art. II § 9 forbids bail set so high that it is excessive. Since November 2025, a felony DUI that is the third or more also sits on the no-bail list (SB 981).

A no-bail request comes from District 9's prosecutors, whose Guthrie office sits at 301 E. Harrison, Room 300, Guthrie, OK 73044, 405-282-0655.

Only the judge can lower a bond or change its rules. A written motion from the defense lawyer is the normal way to ask. Families can help in these ways:

1. Make sure counsel is in place. The judge can appoint a public defender for someone who can't pay.
2. Pull together proof the person has roots here: paychecks, a rental agreement, a child's school enrollment, a boss willing to write a letter. Tell the lawyer the true sum relatives could put together.
3. Offer ideas that answer the judge's worries, such as living with a relative or wearing a monitor.
4. Expect the alleged victim to speak. Marsy's Law lets victims be heard whenever release is decided (Okla. Const. art. II § 34).

The Court Clerk at 405-282-0123 can tell you the case number and the next date on the calendar.

The Oklahoma Indigent Defense System (OIDS) covers people who can't pay for a lawyer here, through a contract lawyer's office. That office is at 1103 NW 87th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73118, 405-557-7887.

• Ask the Court Clerk's office for the application for appointed counsel, and file it there. A person behind bars can request one from a detention officer.
• The judge looks at the income, debts and assets the person lists on that sworn form (22 O.S. § 1355A). Money for bail is one factor, never the whole decision.
• A $40 fee is charged for applying. It goes into the Court Fund, not to OIDS. Ask the court to hold off collecting it until the case is over.
• Phoning OIDS is not how a lawyer gets picked. The judge makes the appointment.

The OIDS main office is at 111 N. Peters Ave, Suite 500, Norman, OK 73069, 405-801-2601.

• District Court (all state charges, felony or misdemeanor). Its clerk sits in Room 201 of the courthouse, 301 E. Harrison, Guthrie, OK 73044, 405-282-0123. This county shares Judicial District 9 with Payne County.
• Guthrie Municipal Court (city cases), 101 N 2nd St, Guthrie, OK 73044, 405-282-2489.
• Crescent Municipal Court, 205 N Grand, Crescent, OK 73028, 405-310-8200.
• Langston court, 222 S Tolson Street, Langston, OK 73050, 405-466-2271.
• Federal court (federal charges), U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, 200 NW 4th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-609-5000.

For an arrest in Cashion, Cedar Valley, Cimarron City, Coyle, Marshall, Meridian, Mulhall or Orlando, the Court Clerk can point you to the court holding that ticket.

A deposit of cash bail goes back at the close of the case, and a surrender of the person triggers a refund too (59 O.S. § 1328). Keep the receipt, since the clerk will want it. Ask the Court Clerk at 405-282-0123 how refunds are mailed and if the court keeps part for fines or costs.

Missing court is how a bond gets forfeited, meaning the money is kept. Under 59 O.S. § 1332 the clock runs like this:

• The judge has 10 days to issue an arrest warrant.
• Within 15 days, a written forfeiture judgment goes on file. Mailed notice from the clerk follows, no later than day 30 after filing.
• Once the bondsman receives that judgment, a 90-day window opens. Bringing the person back inside it cancels the forfeiture.
• No return by day 90 means the bondsman, or the insurer behind the bond, deposits the full bond with the court clerk.
• City courts act at once. A municipal judge orders forfeiture on the same day someone skips court and takes court costs from the bond (11 O.S. § 27-118).

Under OAC 310:670-5-1, staff confirm who the person is before release. Each item taken at booking is checked off the inventory sheet, and the person signs it.

Leftover money on a jail account is handled by the Detention Center, 216 South Broad St., Guthrie, OK 73044. Call 405-282-4100 on a weekday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Ask how the leftover balance gets returned, and whether a relative can collect property for the person. Bring a photo ID, plus a signed note from the person if you collect for them. For more on deposits and what happens to a balance, see our inmate money page.

A federal arrest in this county lands in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, 200 NW 4th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-609-5000. Its clerk keeps weekday hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• A federal judge weighs jail versus home before trial at a detention hearing (18 U.S.C. 3142). State bondsmen play no part.
• Pretrial officers at 215 Dean A. McGee Avenue, Room 201, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-609-5800, write a report for that hearing.
• Marshals deputies hold and move the person from arrest to trial, working out of 200 NW 4th Street, Room 2022, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-231-4206. People may be held at the Federal Transfer Center, 7410 S. MacArthur Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73169, 405-682-4075, or at a county jail the Marshals use.
• A defendant without money for a lawyer is assigned the Federal Public Defender, 215 Dean A. McGee Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-609-5930.
• After a sentence, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

Yes. Bail settles only the state charge, and the immigration detainer is a separate matter. What follows is the usual sequence:

1. A detainer request, Form I-247A, arrives at the Guthrie jail from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
2. The jail can then hold the person for up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Agents come to collect the person. The Dallas Field Office oversees ICE work in Oklahoma from 8101 N. Stemmons Frwy, Dallas, TX 75247, 972-367-2200. Its local office is at 1220 Sovereign Row, Oklahoma City, OK 73108, 405-219-3199.
4. One site ICE uses for detainees is the Cimarron Correctional Facility, 3200 S. Kings Hwy., Cushing, OK 74023, which has a detainee information line at 918-225-3336.
5. Search the ICE Online Detainee Locator. The A-number from immigration papers works best. Without one, try the full legal name plus birth country.

In 2024 Oklahoma passed HB 4156 (21 O.S. § 1795), which makes it a state offense to live in Oklahoma without legal immigration status. A preliminary injunction from a federal court stops enforcement, and the Tenth Circuit set the state's appeal for argument in March 2026.

Leaving Guthrie for prison takes time. DOC's own estimate for the wait is 6 to 9 months from the sentencing date. Each new DOC arrival gets a custody score at an assessment and reception center, then moves on to a prison built for that score. Credit for jail days before sentencing is nearly always ordered.

• Look up a name on the DOC Offender Lookup, which DOC links from its offender pages.
• Facility details, from visits to mail, are on our Oklahoma state prisons listing.
• The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is at 4345 N. Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-425-2500.

Youth here fall under the Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA), 2501 N. Lincoln Blvd, Suite 500, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-530-2800. A teen's stay is in a youth detention center. OAC 310:670-5-5 allows a youth in a jail for six hours at the most. That time is for fingerprints, paperwork or a ride to detention, and adults must be kept fully away.

• A judge rules on keeping the teen locked up within about one court day, longer only for good cause like travel trouble.
• Two paths can move a case toward the adult system. The Youthful Offender Act reaches ages 15 to 17 for listed serious crimes, while certification sends a case to adult court outright.

OJA's local partner is Logan Community Services, Inc., 4710 S. Division, Guthrie, OK 73044, 405-282-5524. Parents can reach Logan Community Services or OJA to learn which center is holding the teen and the hearing date.