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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-94-205

Warrant generally

Acts 1935, No. 126, § 5; Pope's Dig., § 6085; A.S.A. 1947, § 43-3005.

A warrant of extradition must not be issued unless documents presented by the executive authority making the demand show that:

I. Except in cases arising under § 16-94-206, the accused was present in the demanding state at the time of the commission of the alleged crime, and thereafter fled from the state;

II. The accused is now in this state; and

III. He or she is lawfully charged by indictment found or by information filed by a prosecuting officer and supported by affidavit to the facts, or by affidavit made before a magistrate in that state, with having committed a crime under the laws of that state, or that he or she has been convicted of a crime in that state and has escaped from confinement or broken his or her parole.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.