Opinion No. 75-258 (1975) Ag

ILLEGAL ALIENS ARREST Persons arrested as a result of violation of federal criminal laws and brought to the sheriff pursuant to 57 O.S. 16 [57-16] (1971), would be by the authority of the United States and must be accepted pursuant to said Sections 16 and 16a. The sheriff is merely a jailor for the United States and, therefore, has no liability as the result of an illegal arrest or a subsequent acquittal, of course, presuming the sheriff has no actual knowledge of an illegal arrest. The Attorney General has considered your request for an opinion wherein you asked, in effect, the following…