Uniform Criminal Extradition Act

Alaska · Code of Criminal Procedure · §§ 12.70.010 to 12.70.290 · 29 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

AS 12.70.010Fugitives from other states and duty of governor
AS 12.70.020Form of demand
AS 12.70.030Investigation of demand and report
AS 12.70.040Extradition of persons imprisoned or awaiting trial in another state or who have left the demanding state under compulsion
AS 12.70.050Extradition of person not present in demanding state at time of commission of crime
AS 12.70.060Issue of governor's warrant of arrest
AS 12.70.070Manner and place of execution of the warrant of arrest
AS 12.70.080Authority of arresting officer to command assistance
AS 12.70.090Rights of accused person and application for writ of habeas corpus
AS 12.70.100Penalty for noncompliance with AS 12.70.090
AS 12.70.110Confinement in jail when necessary
AS 12.70.120Arrest prior to requisition
AS 12.70.130Arrest without warrant
AS 12.70.140Commitment to await requisition
AS 12.70.150Bail
AS 12.70.160Extension of time of commitment
AS 12.70.170Forfeiture of bail
AS 12.70.180Persons under criminal prosecution in this state at time of requisition
AS 12.70.190Inquiry into guilt or innocence of accused
AS 12.70.200Governor's warrant
AS 12.70.210Fugitives from this state
AS 12.70.220Application for issuance of requisition
AS 12.70.230Immunity from service of process in certain civil actions
AS 12.70.240Written waiver of extradition proceedings
AS 12.70.250Nonwaiver by this state
AS 12.70.260No immunity from other criminal prosecutions while in this state
AS 12.70.270Interpretation
AS 12.70.280Definitions
AS 12.70.290Short title

Enacted in other states

Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia

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