Arkansas Code Title 16, Subtitle 6, Chapter 94, Subchapter 2 - Uniform Criminal Extradition Act

• § 16-94-201 - Definitions.
  Where appearing in this subchapter, the term "Governor" includes any person performing the functions of Governor by authority of the law of this state....
• § 16-94-202 - Duty of Governor.
  Subject to the qualifications of this subchapter, and the provisions of the Constitution of the United States controlling, and acts of Congress in pursuance...
• § 16-94-203 - Procedure Generally.
  No demand for the extradition of a person charged with crime in another state shall be recognized by the Governor unless in writing and...
• § 16-94-204 - Investigation by Attorney General.
  When a demand shall be made upon the Governor of this state by the executive authority of another state for the surrender of a...
• § 16-94-205 - Warrant Generally.
  A warrant of extradition must not be issued unless documents presented by the executive authority making the demand show that: I. Except in cases...
• § 16-94-206 - Absence of Fugitive From Other State When Crime Committed.
  The Governor of this state may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person in this state charged...
• § 16-94-207 - Governor to Sign Warrant.
  If the Governor shall decide that the demand should be complied with, he or she shall sign a warrant of arrest, which shall be...
• § 16-94-208 - Contents of Warrant.
  Such warrant shall authorize the officer or other person to whom directed to arrest the accused at any place where he may be found...
• § 16-94-209 - Arresting Officer.
  Every such officer or other person empowered to make the arrest shall have the same authority in arresting the accused to command assistance therein,...
• § 16-94-210 - Accused to Be Informed of Demand -- Habeas Corpus.
  No person arrested upon such warrant shall be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority demanding the person shall have appointed to...
• § 16-94-211 - Penalty.
  Any officer who shall deliver to the agent for extradition of the demanding state a person in his or her custody under the Governor's...
• § 16-94-212 - Confining of Accused in Jail While en Route.
  The officer or person executing the Governor's warrant of arrest, or the agent of the demanding state to whom the prisoner may have been...
• § 16-94-213 - Arrest Prior to Requisition.
  Whenever any person within this state shall be charged on the oath of any credible person before any judge or other magistrate of this...
• § 16-94-214 - Arrest Without Warrant.
  (a) The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by an officer or a private citizen without a warrant upon reasonable information...
• § 16-94-215 - Jailing of Accused by Magistrate.
  If from the examination before the judge or magistrate it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime...
• § 16-94-216 - Bail.
  Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged is shown to be an offense punishable by death or life imprisonment under the laws...
• § 16-94-217 - Discharge of Warrant.
  If the accused is not arrested under warrant of the Governor by the expiration of the time specified in the warrant, bond, or undertaking,...
• § 16-94-218 - Forfeiture of Bond.
  If the prisoner is admitted to bail and fails to appear and surrender himself or herself according to the condition of his or her...
• § 16-94-219 - Criminal Prosecution in This State.
  If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against the person under the laws of this state and is still pending, the Governor at his...
• § 16-94-220 - Pertinence of Guilt or Innocence of Accused.
  The guilt or innocence of the accused as to the crime of which he or she is charged may not be inquired into by...
• § 16-94-221 - Recall of Warrant or Issuance of Alias.
  The Governor may recall his or her warrant of arrest or may issue another warrant whenever he or she deems proper.
• § 16-94-222 - Issuance of Warrant for Fugitives From This State.
  Whenever the Governor of this state shall demand a person charged with crime in this state from the chief executive of any other state,...
• § 16-94-223 - Obtaining Governor's Requisition.
  When the return to this state of a person charged with crime in this state is required, the prosecuting attorney (of the county in...
• § 16-94-224 - Expenses.
  When the punishment of the crime shall be the confinement of the criminal in the penitentiary, the expenses shall be paid out of the...
• § 16-94-225 - Immunity From Service of Process.
  A person brought into this state on extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil...
• § 16-94-226 - Trial for Other Crimes.
  After a person has been brought back to this state upon extradition proceedings, he or she may be tried in this state for other...
• § 16-94-227 - Construction.
  This subchapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact
• § 16-94-228 - Separability.
  If any part of this subchapter is for any reason declared void, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of...
• § 16-94-229 - Repealer.
  All acts or parts of acts and administrative rules inconsistent with this subchapter are hereby repealed.
• § 16-94-230 - Title.
  This subchapter may be cited as the "Uniform Criminal Extradition Act."
• § 16-94-231 - Effective Date.
  Whereas, under the present laws there is no effective way whereby the extradition of criminals may be effectively had; and,Whereas, it is necessary for...

Last modified: November 15, 2016