Oklahoma Code § 22-185

Title 22. Criminal Procedure: Verbal warning or taking before magistrate for misdemeanor
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charges.
If the offense charged in the warrant issued is a misdemeanor,
the law enforcement officer may:
1.  Issue a verbal warning about the existence of the warrant
and further advise the defendant to contact the clerk of the court
for the purpose of resolving the outstanding warrant.  All verbal
warnings shall be documented by the law enforcement officer on a
department-issued warning ticket; or
2.  Take the defendant before a magistrate of the county in
which the warrant was issued, who must admit the defendant to bail,
and immediately transmit the warrant, complaint, depositions, if

any, and undertaking, to the clerk of the court in which the
defendant is required to appear.

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