Subject to the qualifications of this chapter and the provisions of the Constitution of the United States controlling, and acts of congress in pursuance of the United States Constitution, it is the duty of the governor of this state to have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of any other state any person charged in that state with treason, a felony or another crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this state.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-9-109
Governor's duty to cause arrest and extradition of fugitives
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 40–40 (30 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Johns v. Bowlen (1996)
Most recently applied in Johns v. Bowlen (June 1996)
Acts 1951, ch. 240, § 2 (Williams, § 11935.2); T.C.A
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.