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, the governor of this state may in his or her discretion 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.
RCW 10.88.210
Authority of governor.
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 10–10 (31 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Case v. Kitsap County Sheriff's Department (2001)
Most recently applied in State v. Nall (June 2003)
2010 c 8 s 1066; 1971 ex.s. c 46 s 2.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.