Tillman County Law Enforcement Center Inmate Bail & Bonds

Bail on state charges comes from a District Court judge. That court sits in the courthouse at 201 N. Main Street, Frederick, OK 73542, on the same Main Street as the jail. Its Court Clerk keeps hours of 8:00 to 4:00 and answers 580-335-3023.

The state's Constitution starts from yes: nearly every person charged can be bailed (Okla. Const. art. II § 8), and the amount can't be excessive (Okla. Const. art. II § 9). For many bookings, the jail already knows a figure within hours.

A few people can't leave until a judge looks at them. One example: since November 1, 2025, officers are barred from releasing anyone booked on a repeat DUI. The judge sets that bail and puts reasons in writing (HB 1222). SB 1711 allows a video arraignment when the accused is being held outside the county of the case. Hearing days follow the local docket, so the clerk is the one to ask.

Judges in Oklahoma can pick from a handful of bond types. The charge, the person's record and what the family can raise all shape the pick.

• Cash. Pay the full bail to an officer who may take it. The person, or a relative for them, can do this, and then they go home (59 O.S. § 1323).
• Surety. A licensed bondsman guarantees the court the entire bail. In return the family pays the bondsman a fee known as the premium.
• Property. Farmland, a lot or a home backs the bail. The filer pays the fees to record it (59 O.S. § 1331).
• Own recognizance. No money up front. The person's signed word is the bond (22 O.S. § 1108.1).
• Conditions. Rules can ride along with any bond, and electronic monitoring is one choice the law names (22 O.S. § 1105.2).

Oklahoma's Pretrial Release Act also lets counties run supervised release programs (22 O.S. § 1105.3). The defense lawyer can say whether that is an option here.

Written fee and bond schedules guide Oklahoma courts. The county's fees page links straight to the statewide set on the Oklahoma State Courts Network fee and bond schedules. Think of them as a guide only. The judge in a given case may set more, or less.

The charge level drives the price more than anything else:

• Small misdemeanors. State Question 780 turned simple drug possession into a misdemeanor in 2017. Theft under $1,000 counts as one too.
• Repeat DUI. A judge must set the figure, which can mean a night or more of waiting.
• Third DUI and beyond. A 2025 change lets a judge deny bail outright (SB 981).
• Ordinary felonies. Expect bigger numbers, which is why many families call a bondsman.
• Violent, life-term or major drug cases. After a hearing, a judge can refuse release.

Jail staff can quote the figure on today's booking. If a judge has already ruled, the Court Clerk can read the amount off the file.

Deputies and jailers work out of the same building, 1200 S. Main Street, Frederick, OK 73542. A plan for the trip:

1. Ring 580-335-3013 first. A wasted drive is easy to avoid.
2. Give the full legal name, spelled out, and the date they were born.
3. Write down the bail figure and the matching case number, and ask for a list of holds.
4. Find out which kinds of money the jail will accept, the payee name for any money order, and the hours bail is accepted.
5. Pack the money and a photo ID, like a license.
6. Save the receipt in a safe place. Without it, a refund gets harder.

Using a bondsman instead? The bondsman brings the bond papers to the jail. Your cost is the premium.

The Court Clerk is the money and records office of the District Court. It collects court costs, fees and court fund deposits from its office in the courthouse, 201 N. Main Street, Frederick, OK 73542. Hours run 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Letters go to P.O. Box 116, Frederick, OK 73542.

• Phone: 580-335-3023
• Fax: 580-335-5613

Ring ahead. Find out if a cash bond for this case can be paid at the counter, which kinds of money the counter takes, and how soon the jail learns of the payment. A town ticket, say from Grandfield or Tipton, may be paid somewhere else, so ask the clerk where.

Rules on payment can shift, so get them straight from the people taking it. A call to 580-335-3013 settles these points:

• Cash: is it fine, and will staff make change?
• Money orders and cashier's checks: are they allowed, and who should they be made out to?
• Will a debit or credit card work, and what fee is added?
• Is a personal check ever allowed? At most jails the answer is no.

Some families find the District 3 District Attorney's online payment page. That page handles bad-check cases and program fees. Bail can't be paid there. And never send cash in an envelope to the jail or the courthouse.

The state office that grants and pulls bondsman licenses is the Oklahoma Insurance Department, 400 NE 50th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105. Its bail bond line is 405-521-6610.

• Nobody may sell bonds unless the state has licensed them (59 O.S. § 1303). Run any name through the bondsman license lookup before signing.
• Bondsmen register at a courthouse, with its Court Clerk, ahead of writing any bond in it (59 O.S. § 1320).
• The fee you pay shows up on the bond itself. You are owed a receipt with its own number (59 O.S. § 1316).
• Once the person leaves custody, the bondsman has earned the fee. If release never comes, the law says the fee and collateral go back right away (59 O.S. § 1327).
• The law keeps jailers and police out of bail bonds (59 O.S. § 1315). Chasing clients at a jail is grounds for discipline (59 O.S. § 1310).

Collateral, like a truck title or a deed, should come with a written promise about when it returns.

One bond answers for one case. Other papers in the file can still stand in the way:

• Wanted elsewhere in Oklahoma. A law that began in November 2025 allows posting the other county's or town's bond to lift its hold (HB 1991).
• More than one case. Each needs a bond of its own.
• Supervision. An officer supervising probation or parole can request that the jail keep them.
• Federal agents or ICE. Their holds work on separate rules, explained lower on this page.
• Repeat DUI. Cash in hand won't help until a judge acts.

Ask jail staff at 580-335-3013 to read every hold aloud before you pay a cent.

Yes, though the list of charges is short and fixed by the state Constitution (Okla. Const. art. II § 8):

• Capital crimes where guilt looks clear
• Violent crimes
• Charges where life in prison is possible
• Any felony, if two earlier felonies on the record grew out of separate incidents
• Drug offenses that can draw a decade or longer

Outside capital cases, denial also requires evident proof of guilt and a finding that release rules could not protect anyone. Under a 2024 law, someone accused of a new violent crime while on bond in a violent case starts out presumed held (HB 3782). Victims may speak up at any release hearing (Okla. Const. art. II § 34).

The prosecutor here is the District Attorney for District 3, with a county office at 201 N. Main Street, Frederick, OK 73542, 580-335-2458.

The ask goes through a lawyer, who files a motion with the judge. It asks for a lower figure or softer release rules. Bail out of line with the case breaks the state Constitution (Okla. Const. art. II § 9).

1. Line up a lawyer first. An appointed lawyer can file too.
2. Collect proof of roots here: a pay stub, a rent receipt, family who live close.
3. Tell the lawyer plainly how much the family can raise.
4. Suggest rules a judge might accept instead of money, such as regular check-ins.

The Court Clerk, 580-335-3023, can say when a bond hearing might fit on the calendar. Under SB 325 (2024), a case gets a court review at 9 months when the person has stayed jailed on just that one charge.

If the family can't hire counsel, the court can appoint it. The Oklahoma Indigent Defense System handles this county out of Altus: 123 W Commerce St, Suite 100, Altus, OK 73521, 580-782-2429. That office covers Greer, Harmon, Jackson and Kiowa counties as well.

• The Court Clerk's office takes the application. Someone in a cell can get one from the jail staff.
• The judge rules on who qualifies (22 O.S. § 1355A). Making bail is one thing the judge weighs, never the only thing.
• Applying costs $40. That money is for the Court Fund. On request, the judge can let that wait for the final hearing.
• The Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that whenever jail time is possible, a lawyer is a right, even for misdemeanor charges (Spybuck v. State, 2025 OK CR 7).

OIDS headquarters: 111 N. Peters Ave, Suite 500, Norman, OK 73069, 405-801-2601.

State criminal cases are heard in the courthouse built in 1921 at 201 N. Main Street, Frederick, OK 73542. Call the Court Clerk at 580-335-3023. Judicial District 3 joins this court with the courts of Greer, Harmon, Jackson and Kiowa counties.

A federal charge lands in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma:

• Lawton office: 410 SW 5th Street, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-355-6340. Staff there is thin, so phone first.
• Oklahoma City office: 200 NW 4th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-609-5000.

A ticket written by a town officer may not belong in District Court at all. For one from Frederick, Grandfield or a smaller town, ask the clerk's staff where it is heard.

Under 59 O.S. § 1328, a cash deposit comes back at the finish of the case, or when a surrender ends the bond early. Ask the Court Clerk, 580-335-3023, how a refund reaches you, and keep your receipt and ID handy.

Skipping court starts a clock (59 O.S. § 1332):

• The judge orders the bond forfeited, meaning the money is at risk.
• Within ten days, a warrant goes out for the person.
• Paperwork on the forfeiture gets filed inside 15 days. Notice from the clerk follows within the next 30.
• That order gives the bondsman 90 days to act. Returning the person in time undoes the forfeiture.
• After that, the full bond must be deposited by the bondsman or the insurer.

If a bondsman ends up paying, your contract may let them collect from you, so read it closely.

Under OAC 310:670-5-1, jail staff make a positive ID before anyone walks out. Belongings are matched to the intake list, and the person signs off.

Tell your loved one to look over the property sheet before leaving. If you are collecting items for them, phone the jail at 580-335-3013 first. Ask what ID to bring, whether a written OK from them is needed, and how leftover account money is paid out. For the basics, see our guide to money on inmate accounts.

A judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma decides. Its closest clerk's office is 410 SW 5th Street, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-355-6340.

• Under 18 U.S.C. 3142, prosecutors and the defense argue release at a detention hearing.
• Pretrial custody in federal cases rests with the U.S. Marshals Service, Western District, at 200 NW 4th Street, Room 2022, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-231-4206.
• Some wait at the Federal Transfer Center, 7410 S. MacArthur Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73169, 405-682-4075. Others go to a county jail under contract. The Marshals can say which.
• For a defendant who can't pay, the court may appoint the Federal Public Defender, 215 Dean A. McGee Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-609-5930.
• After federal sentencing, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

No. Even with state bail paid, an ICE detainer keeps its grip. The usual steps:

1. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sends the Frederick jail a Form I-247A.
2. The request asks jailers to keep the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Agents then drive out to collect them.
4. ICE's Dallas Field Office, 8101 N. Stemmons Frwy, Dallas, TX 75247, 972-367-2200, runs Oklahoma cases. Its office in this state is 1220 Sovereign Row, Oklahoma City, OK 73108, 405-219-3199.
5. Some end up at Cimarron Correctional Facility, an ICE site at 3200 S. Kings Hwy., Cushing, OK 74023, 918-225-3336.
6. Type a name and birth country into the ICE Online Detainee Locator.

Lawmakers in Oklahoma City also passed HB 4156 (21 O.S. § 1795), which made unlawful presence a state offense. That law was later put on ice by a federal judge. The state's appeal is still in a higher federal court.

Prison rarely starts right away. DOC says it normally collects people from county jails within 6 to 9 months of sentencing. They then enter a DOC assessment and reception center. Tests and records there decide their custody level and the prison that suits it.

• The state's DOC Offender Lookup finds people by name or by their DOC number.
• Our Oklahoma state prisons list describes every facility.
• DOC headquarters is 4345 North Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-425-2500. Questions go to the person's case manager.

Days already spent in the Frederick jail are nearly always credited against the prison term.

Juvenile cases in this county fall under the Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA), 2501 N. Lincoln Blvd., Suite 500, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-530-2800. State rules cap a youth's time in an adult jail at six hours, in a space walled off so grown prisoners can't see or speak to the youth (OAC 310:670-5-5).

• Should a teen need to stay locked up, they go to a juvenile detention center. Nearest on OJA's roster is Lawton's Comanche County Regional Juvenile Detention Center, 701 SW 17th Street, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-357-2250.
• A detention hearing for a held youth should usually come by the next judicial day.
• Teens of 15, 16 and 17 accused of grave crimes may face charges under the Youthful Offender Act. Through certification, a judge can also move a youth's case into adult court.

For hearing dates, the Court Clerk takes calls at 580-335-3023.