When any person charged with a felony has fled to any other state, territory, or country, and the governor has issued a requisition for such person or requested the president of the United States to issue extradition papers, or the prosecuting attorney of any county in the state seeking the return of a felon has received notice of waiver of extradition, the board of county commissioners may pay, from the county treasury to the agent designated in such requisition, request to the president, or order by the prosecuting attorney seeking return, all necessary expenses of pursuing and returning the person so charged, or so much of such expenses as seem just.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 307.50
Expenses of pursuit and return of felon
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Lapeer County Michigan v. Montgomery County Ohio (1997)
Most recently applied in Lapeer County Michigan v. Montgomery County Ohio (February 1997)
Effective: February 5, 1968; Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 447 - 107th General Assembly
Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.