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, informations […]
The phrase "appropriate court" as used in the agreement on detainers shall, with reference to the courts of this state, mean a court of record with criminal jurisdiction.
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 purpose.
Nothing in this article or in the agreement on detainers shall be construed to require the application of sections eighteen and nineteen of article eleven, chapter sixty-one of the Code of West Virginia to any person on account of any conviction had in a proceeding brought to final disposition by reason of the use of […]
Escape or attempt to escape from custody, whether within or without this state, while in the temporary custody of an authority of another state acting pursuant to the agreement on detainers shall constitute an offense against the laws of this state to the same extent and degree as an escape from the institution in which […]
It shall be lawful and mandatory upon the warden, superintendent or other state official in charge of a penal or correctional institution in this state to give over the person of any inmate thereof whenever so required by the operation of the agreement on detainers.
The commissioner of public institutions shall serve as the central administrator and chief information officer for the agreement on detainers, pursuant to the provisions of Article VII of the agreement.
