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.
S.D. Codified Laws § 23-24-2
Fugitives from other states--Governor to cause arrest and delivery
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 23–23 (38 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Wellington v. State (1976)
Most recently applied in Wellington v. State (February 1976)
Source: SDC 1939, § 34.1702; SL 1953, ch 200, § 2.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.