§ 16-94-208. Contents of warrant
Such warrant shall authorize the officer or other person to whom directed to arrest the accused at any place where he may be found within the state and to command the aid of all sheriffs and other peace officers in the execution of the warrant, and to deliver the accused subject to the provisions of […]
§ 16-94-209. Arresting officer
Every such officer or other person empowered to make the arrest shall have the same authority in arresting the accused to command assistance therein, as sheriffs and other officers have by law in the execution of any criminal process directed to them, with the like penalties against those who refuse their assistance.
§ 16-94-210. Accused to be informed of demand — Habeas corpus
No person arrested upon such warrant shall be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority demanding the person shall have appointed to receive the person unless he or she has been informed of the demand made for his or her surrender and of the crime with which he or she is charged and […]
§ 16-94-211. Penalty
Any officer who shall deliver to the agent for extradition of the demanding state a person in his or her custody under the Governor’s warrant in disobedience to the last section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be imprisoned not more […]
§ 16-94-212. Confining of accused in jail while en route
The officer or person executing the Governor’s warrant of arrest, or the agent of the demanding state to whom the prisoner may have been delivered, may when necessary confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city through which he or she may pass; and the keeper of such jail must receive and […]
§ 16-94-101. Expenses incurred in return of fugitives
(a) County judges may and are authorized and empowered to pay out of the general revenue fund of the county the necessary expenses incurred by the county sheriff of the county incident to the return of fugitives to the state. (b) In order for a county sheriff or his or her deputy to avail himself […]
§ 16-94-102. Transfer of convicted foreign citizens or nationals under treaty
When a treaty is in effect between the United States and a foreign country providing for the transfer of a convicted offender who is a citizen or national of the foreign country to that country, the Governor is authorized, subject to the terms of the treaty, to consent to the transfer of the convicted offender.
§ 16-94-103. Waiver of extradition warrant
(a) (1) Any person arrested in this state charged with having committed any crime in another state or alleged to have escaped from confinement or broken the terms of his or her bail, probation, or parole may waive the issuance and service of the warrant provided under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, § 16-94-201 et […]
§ 16-94-104. Extradition for theft of certain property
The Governor may request the extradition of a person charged with theft of property if the person committed the theft of property by: (1) Being subject to the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, 7 U.S.C. § 181 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2013; (2) Obtaining livestock from a commission merchant by representing […]
§ 16-94-201. Definitions
Where appearing in this subchapter, the term “Governor” includes any person performing the functions of Governor by authority of the law of this state. The term “executive authority” includes the Governor and any person performing the functions of governor in a state other than this state. And the term “state” referring to a state other […]