The Agreement on Detainers is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: ______________________________________________________________________________ AGREEMENT ON DETAINERS The contracting states solemnly agree that: ARTICLE I The party states find that charges outstanding against a prisoner, detainers based on untried indictments, […]
As used in the Agreement on Detainers, the term “appropriate court” means any court of this state that has criminal jurisdiction. [Formerly 134.615]
All courts, departments, agencies, officers and employees of this state and its political subdivisions are hereby directed to enforce the Agreement on Detainers and to cooperate with one another and with other party states in enforcing the agreement and effectuating its purposes. [Formerly 134.625]
Escape from custody while in another state pursuant to the Agreement on Detainers is an offense against the laws of this state to the same extent and degree as an escape from the institution in which the prisoner was confined immediately prior to having been sent to another state pursuant to the provision of the […]
The official in charge of a Department of Corrections institution in this state shall give over the person of any adult in custody thereof whenever so required by the operation of the Agreement on Detainers. [Formerly 134.645; 1987 c.320 §21; 2019 c.213 §21]
The Governor may appoint an administrator who shall perform the duties and functions and exercise the powers conferred upon such person by Article VII of the Agreement on Detainers. [Formerly 134.655]
In order to implement paragraph (a) of Article IV of the Agreement on Detainers, and in furtherance of its purposes, the appropriate authorities having custody of the prisoner shall, promptly upon receipt of the officer’s written request, notify the prisoner and the Governor in writing that a request for temporary custody has been made and […]
When the district attorney of any county shall have received written notice from a prisoner in another state of the prisoner’s request for final disposition to be made of any untried accusatory instrument which is the basis of a detainer against the prisoner, the district attorney promptly shall give written notice to the Governor that […]
Any officer of a jurisdiction in this state in which an untried accusatory instrument is pending against a prisoner in another state, and who desires to have the prisoner returned for trial, shall give written notice and a summary of the evidence against the prisoner to the Governor in the manner provided in ORS 135.791. […]
