Section 9162 – Arrest without a warrant
§ 9162. Arrest without a warrant. The arrest of a person may be lawfully made by any peace officer or a private person without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of another county of this Commonwealth with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding […]
Section 9163 – Commitment to await requisition
§ 9163. Commitment to await requisition. If, from the examination before the judge or issuing authority, it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and that he has fled from justice, the judge or issuing authority must, by a warrant reciting the accusation, commit him to the […]
Section 9164 – Bail
§ 9164. Bail. 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 this Commonwealth, a judge or issuing authority in this Commonwealth may admit the person arrested to bail by bond with sufficient sureties and in such sum as […]
Section 9165 – Payment of costs and expenses
§ 9165. Payment of costs and expenses. All costs and expenses shall be paid out of the county treasury in the county wherein charges were filed in connection with the alleged crime.
Section 9171 – Exchange of offenders under treaty
§ 9171. Exchange of offenders under treaty. Whenever a treaty is in force providing for the transfer of convicted offenders between the United States and a foreign country, the Governor or his designee, upon application of the Secretary of Corrections, is authorized to give the approval of the Commonwealth to transfer as provided in the […]
Section 9143 – Duty of Governor in case of fugitives from this Commonwealth
§ 9143. Duty of Governor in case of fugitives from this Commonwealth. Whenever the Governor of this Commonwealth shall demand a person charged with crime or with escaping from confinement or breaking the terms of his bail, probation or parole in this Commonwealth, from the executive authority of any other state, or from the official […]
Section 9144 – Issuance of requisition
§ 9144. Issuance of requisition. (a) Return of accused.–When the return to this Commonwealth of a person charged with crime in this Commonwealth is required the prosecuting attorney shall present to the Governor his written application for a requisition for the return of the person charged, in which application shall be stated the name of […]
Section 9144.1 – Payment of expenses, costs and fees
§ 9144.1. Payment of expenses, costs and fees. All costs and expenses shall be paid out of the county treasury in the county wherein the crime is alleged to have been committed: Provided, however, That all costs and expenses incurred by a county in extraditing a person who, upon release from a Federal prison, is […]
Section 9145 – Immunity from service of process in certain civil actions
§ 9145. Immunity from service of process in certain civil actions. A person brought into this Commonwealth by or after waiver of 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 proceedings, to answer which he is […]
Section 9146 – Written waiver of extradition proceedings
§ 9146. Written waiver of extradition proceedings. (a) General rule.–Any person arrested in this Commonwealth charged with having committed any crime in another state or alleged to have escaped from confinement or broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole may waive the issuance and service of the warrant provided for in section 9128 […]