Pontotoc County Justice Center Inmate Bail & Bonds

That turns on who filed the charge.

• State charges land in the District Court. Judicial District 22 covers this county plus Hughes and Seminole. A district judge fixes the bond. The files sit with the Court Clerk at the courthouse, 100 W. 13th Street, Ada, OK 74820, 580-332-5763, open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• City charges written by Ada officers go to the municipal court, which prices many tickets off a printed bond list.

How soon a judge sees the person shifts with weekends, holidays and the docket. The clerk's staff can give you the likely date.

Repeat drunk-driving arrests carry a 2025 twist. Under HB 1222, in effect November 1, 2025, deputies hold that person until a judge fixes bail and explains the amount in writing.

Judges here can pick from a short menu. The charge, past record and odds of showing up all play a part.

• Own recognizance (OR). A signed promise to return, with no money down. State law gives this bond its own section (22 O.S. § 1108.1).
• Cash. Anyone may deposit the whole sum for the person, who then walks out (59 O.S. § 1323).
• Surety. A bondsman with a state license vouches for every dollar, and you pay that bondsman a fee.
• Property. A house or land with equity gets pledged. The filer pays the filing fees (59 O.S. § 1331).
• Conditions. Oklahoma's Pretrial Release Act lets a judge tack on terms, an ankle monitor being one (22 O.S. § 1105.2, § 1105.3).

To learn which one the judge chose, and the rules tied to it, phone the Court Clerk at 580-332-5763.

On a state charge, a judge names the figure for each case. On a city charge, Ada's municipal court works from a bond schedule. Its totals fold in the fine plus $25 in court costs and $30 in state fees. Some examples:

• Public intoxication: $161.00
• Petit larceny, a small theft: $555.00
• Assault and battery: $555.00
• Driving while your license is under suspension: $555.00
• Reckless driving: $555.00
• Speeding: $151.00
• Failing to show proof of insurance: $151.00
• Felonies and other state cases: chosen by a judge

A repeat DUI is never priced off a list. For the exact bond in a District Court case, read the person's full name to the Court Clerk at 580-332-5763.

The Justice Center, 1814 N. Broadway Ave., Ada, OK 74820, is where the City of Ada sends families to pay city bonds once business hours end. Bring a cashier's check or money order for those. On county charges, settle the details by phone before you drive out. A simple order of steps:

1. Ring county dispatch at 580-332-4466, day or night, and request the jail.
2. Give the legal first and last name, letter by letter, with the birth date.
3. Write down the bond, each charge, and whether the case is city or county.
4. Find out the exact payee name for your check or money order.
5. Ask staff to read any other warrants or holds on file.
6. Bring your driver's license or other photo card, plus the bond to the penny. Keep the receipts.

Each of these three spots takes a different kind of case:

• Ada Police Department, 301 S. Townsend Road, Ada, OK 74820, 580-436-6300. Weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., holidays aside, staff take city bonds and ticket money in cash, money order or cashier's check.
• Justice Center, 1814 N. Broadway Ave., Ada, OK 74820. Outside those hours, city bonds come here, by cashier's check or money order alone.
• Court Clerk, 100 W. 13th Street, Ada, OK 74820, 580-332-5763. This office takes court payments and keeps the roll of bondsmen cleared to work here. Phone ahead to see if it accepts a cash bond on a state charge.

City payments by mail go to the Municipal Court Clerk, 231 S. Townsend Road, Ada, OK 74820. Send a cashier's check or money order with "Ada Police Department" as the payee.

City cases have firm rules. At the police station during office hours, cash, money orders and cashier's checks all work. At the jail after hours, the city lists only cashier's checks and money orders, so plan on no cash then.

For city tickets and fines, the City of Ada links a card service called TrafficPayment, with a phone option at 800-444-1187. Those are meant for citations, so they will not free someone from a cell.

County charges are a different matter. Before leaving home, call the jail through dispatch at 580-332-4466 to hear which payments it takes that day. Mailing paper money to the jail or the court is a bad idea.

A bondsman guarantees the whole bond so your person can leave, and you pay a fee for that promise. In Oklahoma, the Insurance Department licenses and polices these businesses.

• Bondsmen register at the Court Clerk's counter on 13th Street before they write bonds in this county (59 O.S. § 1320).
• The premium, which is the fee, gets printed on the bond itself. Insist on a numbered receipt (59 O.S. § 1316).
• If your person never gets released, that premium plus any collateral is owed back promptly (59 O.S. § 1327).
• Jail workers and police can't double as bondsmen (59 O.S. § 1315).
• Drumming up business in or near the jail can cost a bondsman the license (59 O.S. § 1310).

Confirm any license on the state's bondsman license search. Complaints and questions reach the state's bail bond regulators at 400 NE 50th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-521-6610. Get the total cost on paper before signing anything.

Each bond answers for one case only. Check for these before money changes hands:

• A second Oklahoma jurisdiction's hold. HB 1991, which took effect November 2025, allows posting that second bond too, which lifts the hold.
• A city case and a county case at the same time. Two bonds are needed.
• Probation or parole trouble. A violation filing may block release until the officer or a judge deals with it.
• A Chickasaw Nation, federal or ICE hold. Those agencies make their own call, apart from the county bond.
• A judge's order or unpaid fines from a separate case.

Have jail staff list every hold out loud. Reach them through dispatch at 580-332-4466.

Bail is a right for nearly everyone accused in this state (Okla. Const. art. II § 8). Only these charge types let a judge refuse it:

• A capital charge with proof that is evident
• A violent offense
• Any charge that can carry a life term
• A new felony after two earlier felonies that arose from different events
• A drug crime whose maximum is a decade or more

For every type but capital, two more findings are required. The evidence must be strong. And no release terms could make the public, or a single person, safe. Bail can't be excessive (Okla. Const. art. II § 9). Two newer laws tilt toward holding people. Under HB 3782 (2024), a fresh violent charge against someone already bonded out on a violent case means the judge starts from keeping them held. Felony DUI joined the no-bail list in November 2025 (SB 981).

Prosecutors pushing for a big bond, or no bond, work for the District 22 District Attorney, 105 W. 13th Street, Ada, OK 74820, 580-332-0341.

Only the defense attorney can put that motion in front of the judge. A judge may then trim the amount or loosen the conditions. Families can make that request hard to turn down:

1. Pull together a boss's letter, a rental agreement, class schedules and names of Ada-area relatives.
2. Work out an honest figure the household could raise.
3. Offer safeguards, like regular check-ins or electronic monitoring.
4. Get the packet to the lawyer days ahead of court.

Keep in mind that the alleged victim also gets a say on release under Marsy's Law (Okla. Const. art. II § 34). The Court Clerk at 580-332-5763 can give you the next date on a state case.

Spybuck v. State, a 2025 Court of Criminal Appeals case, settled it. When jail is on the table, misdemeanor or felony, the accused gets a lawyer. Here, the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System (OIDS) pays private contract lawyers to handle those cases.

1. The Court Clerk hands out the application for appointed counsel. From a cell, ask a jailer.
2. List your pay, bills and property on the form. The judge decides eligibility, and having made bond does not by itself rule anyone out.
3. Each application costs $40, paid to the county's Court Fund. Ask, and you may pay it when the case closes.

• OIDS contract counsel for this area: 215 N. Walnut Street, Pauls Valley, OK 73075, 405-238-4460
• OIDS main office: 111 N. Peters Ave, Suite 500, Norman, OK 73069, 405-801-2601

Nearly every local court sits close to downtown, and the usual weekday hours run 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• District Court (felonies, misdemeanors and juvenile cases), Pontotoc County Courthouse, 100 W. 13th Street, Ada, OK 74820, Court Clerk 580-332-5763.
• Ada Municipal Court (city ordinance cases), 301 S. Townsend Road, Ada, OK 74820, 580-436-8024.
• Specialty courts (adult and juvenile drug court and related programs), 310 S. Townsend Street Annex 5, Ada, OK 74820, 580-332-9587.
• Chickasaw Nation District Court (certain cases tied to tribal citizens), Judicial Building, 821 N. Mississippi, Ada, OK 74820, 580-235-0281.
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma (federal charges), 101 North 5th Street, Room 208, Muskogee, OK 74401, 918-684-7920.

Under 59 O.S. § 1328, a cash bond is repaid when the case is done, or sooner if the person is surrendered. Save your receipt and carry photo ID. The court that took the deposit, such as the Court Clerk at 580-332-5763, can explain how the refund check goes out.

Skipping court sets off a timeline under 59 O.S. § 1332:

• The judge can order the bond forfeited, which means kept.
• An arrest warrant follows within 10 days.
• A 90-day window opens for the bondsman to produce the person. Success erases the forfeiture.
• City court moves faster. It forfeits the bond on the day of a missed hearing and takes its costs out of the money (11 O.S. § 27-118).

Oklahoma jail standards call for staff to confirm the person's identity before release. Every item is compared against the intake property sheet, and the person signs a form (OAC 310:670-5-1).

On a weekday, phone the Sheriff's Office at 580-332-4169. Ask three things: how an account balance gets refunded, when kin may claim items, and whether your relative must sign off before you take the bag. Pickups happen at the Justice Center, 1814 N. Broadway Ave., Ada, OK 74820, so carry photo ID. For how jail accounts tend to run, see our inmate money guide.

Federal crimes from here are handled by the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Ada is on the law's list of places the court may hold sessions, yet the clerk works in Muskogee: 101 North 5th Street, Room 208, Muskogee, OK 74401, 918-684-7920, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• Release turns on a federal detention hearing (18 U.S.C. 3142), and county bond rules play no part.
• Until trial, the person sits in custody of the U.S. Marshals Service, 101 North 5th Street, Suite 136, Muskogee, OK 74401, 539-239-5500.
• Prisoners being moved often stop at the Federal Transfer Center, 7410 S. MacArthur Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73169, 405-682-4075.
• For a defendant who can't afford counsel, the Federal Public Defender sits at 112 North 7th Street, Muskogee, OK 74401, 918-687-2430.
• After sentencing, search the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

No. The detainer stays put no matter who pays the county or city bond. Expect these steps:

1. The detainer request, Form I-247A, comes from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
2. The Justice Center may then hold them up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Agents arrive to take custody. The whole state is covered by ICE's Dallas Field Office, 8101 N. Stemmons Frwy, Dallas, TX 75247, 972-367-2200, which has an Oklahoma City office at 1220 Sovereign Row, Oklahoma City, OK 73108, 405-219-3199.
4. Detainees can end up at places like the Cimarron Correctional Facility, 3200 S. Kings Hwy., Cushing, OK 74023, 918-225-3336.
5. Find them later with the ICE Online Detainee Locator, using a name plus country of birth.

Oklahoma also made unlawful presence a state crime in 2024 (HB 4156, 21 O.S. § 1795). A federal injunction has frozen that law, and Oklahoma's appeal of the freeze remains open.

State prison terms are served under the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC). Expect a wait in the Justice Center after the judge hands down the sentence. DOC's own estimate for the transfer is six to nine months, with the shortest terms often moved first.

• An assessment and reception center, such as Lexington, scores custody level first. A prison that matches comes next.
• Jail time served before the sentence is nearly always credited.
• Track the move with the DOC Offender Lookup.
• Then our Oklahoma state prisons page breaks down each facility.
• DOC headquarters: 4345 N. Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-425-2500.

Here, the Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA) oversees youth cases. Teens go to a juvenile detention center, and the Justice Center may keep one only around six hours, out of sight and sound of adults (jail rule OAC 310:670-5-5), while booking or a ride is arranged.

• OJA's rules give a detained youth a hearing on the next judicial day, stretched to two with good cause.
• Teens who are 15, 16 or 17 and face grave crimes can be treated as youthful offenders, a middle track. Certification, a separate path, lets the District Court here hand the matter to the adult side.
• The local OJA office, 1628 E. Beverly, Suite 113, Ada, OK 74820, 580-436-4102, can tell parents which center has their child.
• OJA headquarters: 2501 N. Lincoln Blvd, Suite 500, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-530-2800.