If, within twenty-four (24) hours after service of the copy of the order, there is executed by one or more sufficient sureties of the defendant, to be approved by the sheriff, an undertaking to the plaintiff, in not less than double the amount of the value of the property as stated in the affidavit of the plaintiff, to the effect that the defendant will deliver the property to the plaintiff, if such delivery be adjudged, and will pay all costs and damages that may be awarded against him, the sheriff shall return the property to the defendant. If such undertaking be not given within twenty-four (24) hours after service of the order, the sheriff shall deliver the property to the plaintiff.
§ 1577.Redelivery On Bond
Chapter 31: Replevin · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified August 3, 2026
In one sentenceLets a defendant get replevied property back from the sheriff by posting, within twenty-four hours of service, a bond worth double the property's stated value promising to deliver it if a return is adjudged and pay costs and damages, or else the sheriff turns the property over to the plaintiff.
Full Text of § 1577
Amendment History
R.L. 1910, § 4804.
Plain-English Summary
Section 1577 gives a defendant a fast window to keep possession of property the sheriff has taken. Within twenty-four hours of being served the order, the defendant can post a bond -- with one or more sureties the sheriff approves -- worth at least double the property's value as stated in the plaintiff's affidavit. The bond promises the defendant will deliver the property to the plaintiff if a return is later adjudged, and will pay any costs and damages awarded.
If that bond isn't posted within the twenty-four-hour window, the sheriff delivers the property to the plaintiff instead.
Frequently Asked Questions
How can a defendant get replevied property back?
By posting, within twenty-four hours of service of the order, a bond worth at least double the property's stated value, promising to deliver the property if a return is adjudged and to pay any costs and damages awarded.
Who approves the defendant's redelivery bond?
The sheriff.
What happens if the defendant misses the twenty-four-hour deadline?
The sheriff delivers the property to the plaintiff.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, enacted by the Oklahoma Legislature.
Last verified August 3, 2026.
· Official source
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