When it is desired to have returned to this state a person charged in this state with a crime, and the person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings then pending against the person in another state, the governor of this state may agree with the executive authority of the other state for the extradition of the person before the conclusion of the proceedings or his or her term of sentence in the other state upon condition that the person be returned to the other state at the expense of this state as soon as the prosecution in this state is terminated.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-9-6
Agreement to return person demanded from another state
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 12-9-1 to 12-9-9 (37 sections).
P.L. 1947, ch. 1890, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 12-9-6.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.