Subject to the provisions of this article, 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 delivered up to the executive authority of any other state of the United States any person charged in that state with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this state.
K.S.A. 22-2702
Fugitives from justice; duty of governor
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Brownfield v. Stovall (2003)
Most recently applied in Brownfield v. Stovall (December 2003)
L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-2702; July 1.
Official source: Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Kansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.