Effective – 02 Jan 1979 548.011. Definitions. — Where appearing in this chapter: (1) The term “executive authority” includes the governor, and any person performing the functions of governor in a state other than this state; (2) The term “governor” includes any person performing the functions of governor by authority of the law of this […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.021. Fugitives from justice, duty of governor. — Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the Constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of congress enacted in pursuance thereof, it is the duty of the governor of this state to have arrested and […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.031. Form of demand. — No demand for the extradition of a person charged with crime in another state shall be recognized by the governor unless in writing alleging, except in cases arising under section 548.061, that the accused was present in the demanding state at the time of the […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.041. Governor may require investigation. — When a demand shall be made upon the governor of this state by the executive authority of another state for the surrender of a person so charged with crime, the governor may call upon the attorney general or any prosecuting officer in this state […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.051. Extradition of persons imprisoned or charged in another state or who have left demanding state under compulsion. — 1. When it is desired to have returned to this state a person charged in this state with a crime, and such person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.061. Extradition of persons not present in demanding state at time of commission of crime. — The governor of this state may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person in this state charged in such other state in the manner provided in section […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.071. Issue of governor’s warrant of arrest — its recitals. — If the governor decides that the demand should be complied with, he shall sign a warrant of arrest, which shall be sealed with the state seal, and be directed to any peace officer or other person whom he may […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.081. Manner and place of execution. — Such warrant shall authorize the peace officer or other person to whom directed to arrest the accused at any time and any place where he may be found within the state and to command the aid of all peace officers or other persons […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.091. Authority of 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 peace officers have by law in the execution of any criminal process directed to them, with like penalties against […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.101. Rights of accused person — application for writ of habeas corpus. — No person arrested upon such warrant shall be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority demanding him shall have appointed to receive him unless he shall first be taken forthwith before a judge of a […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.111. Penalty for noncompliance with section 548.101. — Any officer who shall deliver to the agent for extradition of the demanding state a person in his custody under the governor’s warrant, in willful disobedience to section 548.101, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be punished by […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.121. Confinement in jail when necessary. — 1. The officer or persons 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 […]
Effective – 02 Jan 1979 548.131. Arrest prior to requisition. — Whenever any person within this state shall be charged on the oath of any credible person before any judge or associate circuit judge of this state with the commission of any crime in any other state and, except in cases arising under section 548.061, […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.141. Arrest without a warrant. — The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or a private person, without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.151. Commitment to await requisition — bail. — If from the examination before the judge or associate circuit judge it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and, except in cases arising under section 548.061, that he has fled from justice, the […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.161. Bail — in what cases — conditions of bond. — Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged is shown to be an offense punishable by death or life imprisonment under the laws of the state in which it was committed, a judge or associate circuit judge in […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.171. Extension of time of commitment — adjournment. — If the accused is not arrested under warrant of the governor by the expiration of the time specified in the warrant or bond, a judge or associate circuit judge may discharge him or may recommit him for a further period not […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.181. Forfeiture of bail. — If the prisoner is admitted to bail, and fails to appear and surrender himself according to the conditions of his bond, the judge, or associate circuit judge by proper order, shall declare the bond forfeited and order his immediate arrest without warrant if he be […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.191. Persons under criminal prosecution in this state at time of requisition. — If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against such person under the laws of this state and is still pending, the governor, in his discretion, either may surrender him on demand of the executive authority of another […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 548.201. Guilt or innocence of accused when inquired into. — The guilt or innocence of the accused as to the crime of which he 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 […]
