When it is desired to have returned to this Commonwealth a person charged in this Commonwealth with a crime and such person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings then pending against him in another state, the Governor may agree with the executive authority of such other state for the extradition of such person before the conclusion of such proceedings or his term of sentence in such other state, upon condition that such person be returned to such other state at the expense of this Commonwealth as soon as the prosecution in this Commonwealth is terminated.
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-89
Extradition of persons imprisoned or awaiting trial in another state
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 19–19 (34 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 71 Md. App. 39 - Beachem v. State (1987)
Most recently applied in 71 Md. App. 39 - Beachem v. State (April 1987)
Code 1950, § 19.1-53; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
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