Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
Maine · Possession of Firearms By Prohibited Persons · §§ 201 to 229 · 33 sections
Overview
The act governs interstate extradition — the arrest, custody, and surrender of people charged with or convicted of crimes in one state and found in another. It sets out how a governor responds to a demand from another state, investigating the request and issuing a warrant of arrest for delivery of the accused to the demanding state's agent, and how a governor makes the same demand for fugitives from the governor's own state, including the verified application and supporting documents a prosecuting attorney must supply. It also covers arrest before a requisition arrives, commitment and bail while one is awaited, the rights of an accused person before delivery and the ability to test the legality of the arrest by habeas corpus, written waiver of proceedings and voluntary return, passage of prisoners through the state, immunity from civil process, and the limited scope of the hearing, which turns on whether the person held is the one charged rather than on guilt.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
Sections covered
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 201Definitions
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 202Governor to deliver up person charged with crime in other state
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 203Form of demand
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 204Attorney General to investigate at demand of Governor
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 205Extradition of prisoners or those awaiting trial or absent by compulsion
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 206Extradition of those not present at time of commission of crime
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 207Governor to issue warrant and deliver to officer
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 208Warrant to authorize arrest
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 209Arresting officer may command assistance
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 210Rights of accused person; habeas corpus
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 210-AProcedure at hearing
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 210-BReview of final judgment by Law Court
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 211Disobedience of officer
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 212Prisoner confined in jail
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 213Arrest prior to requisition
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 214Arrest without warrant; hearing
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 215Commitment to await requisition
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 216Bail permitted in discretion of court except in certain cases
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 217Extension of time of commitment
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 218Failure to appear
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 219Governor may surrender or hold prisoner where proceedings begun in this State
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 220Guilt or innocence not inquired into after extradition demanded
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 221Warrant for arrest recalled or another issued
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 222Warrant for agent to receive accused from another state
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 223Application for issuance of requisition
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 224Expenses paid on rendition of prisoners
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 224-AExtradition and Prosecution Expenses Account
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 225Extradited persons except from civil process
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 226Waiver of extradition
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 226-ADelivery of fugitive to agents
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 227Non-waiver by this State
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 228Trial for crimes other than specified
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 229Title
Enacted in other states
Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia
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