Subject to the provisions of this chapter, 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.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 548.021
Fugitives from justice, duty of governor
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Law
The act spans §§ 548–548 (31 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1953; (L. 1953 p. 425 § 2)
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.