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§ 16-94-217. Discharge of warrant

If the accused is not arrested under warrant of the Governor by the expiration of the time specified in the warrant, bond, or undertaking, the judge or magistrate may discharge the accused or may recommit the accused to a further day, or may again take bail for his or her appearance and surrender, as provided […]

§ 16-94-218. Forfeiture of bond

If the prisoner is admitted to bail and fails to appear and surrender himself or herself according to the condition of his or her bond, the court by proper order shall declare the bond forfeited; and recovery may be had thereon in the name of the state as in the case of other bonds or […]

§ 16-94-219. Criminal prosecution in this state

If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against the person under the laws of this state and is still pending, the Governor at his or her discretion either may surrender him or her on the demand of the executive authority of another state or may hold him or her until the person has been tried […]

§ 16-94-220. Pertinence of guilt or innocence of accused

The guilt or innocence of the accused as to the crime of which he or she is charged may not be inquired into by the Governor or in any proceeding after the demand for extradition accompanied by a charge of crime in legal form as above provided shall have been presented to the Governor, except […]

§ 16-94-222. Issuance of warrant for fugitives from this state

Whenever the Governor of this state shall demand a person charged with crime in this state from the chief executive of any other state, or from the Chief Justice or an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia authorized to receive such demand under the laws of the United States, he […]

§ 16-94-223. Obtaining Governor’s requisition

When the return to this state of a person charged with crime in this state is required, the prosecuting attorney (of the county in which the offense is committed) shall present to the Governor his or her written application for a requisition for the return of the person charged, in which application shall be stated […]

§ 16-94-224. Expenses

When the punishment of the crime shall be the confinement of the criminal in the penitentiary, the expenses shall be paid out of the State Treasury, on the certificate of the Governor and warrant of the Auditor of State; and in all other cases they shall be paid out of the county treasury in the […]

§ 16-94-225. Immunity from service of process

A person brought into this state on extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceeding to answer which he or she is returned, until he or she has been convicted in the criminal proceeding, or […]