Oklahoma Code § 21-272

Title 21. Crimes And Punishments: Taking unlawful reward for requisition for fugitive
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Every officer who asks or receives any compensation, fee or
reward of any kind for any service rendered or expense incurred in
procuring from the Governor a demand upon the executive authority of
a State or Territory of the United States, or of a foreign
government, for the surrender of a fugitive from justice, or of any
service rendered or expense incurred in procuring the surrender of
such fugitive, or of conveying him to this state or for detaining
him therein, except upon an employment by the Governor, and upon an
account duly audited and paid out of the State Treasury, is guilty
of a misdemeanor.

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