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.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-722
Duty of Governor as to fugitives from justice of other states
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 15–15 (30 sections).
1937, c. 273, s. 2; 1973, c. 1286, s. 16.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.