Alaska Statutes Title 12, Chapter 12.70 - Uniform Criminal Extradition Act

• Sec. 12.70.010 Fugitives From Other States and Duty of Governor.
  Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of Congress...
• Sec. 12.70.020 Form of Demand.
  (a) No demand for the extradition of a person accused but not yet convicted of a crime in another state shall be recognized by...
• Sec. 12.70.030 Investigation of Demand and Report.
  When a demand is made upon the governor of this state by the executive authority of another state for a surrender of a person...
• Sec. 12.70.040 Extradition of Persons Imprisoned or Awaiting Trial in Another State or Who Have Left the Demanding State Under Compulsion.
  (a) When it is desired to have returned to this state a person charged in this state with a crime, and that person is...
• Sec. 12.70.050 Extradition of Person Not Present in Demanding State At Time of Commission of Crime.
  The governor of this state may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of another state, a person in this state charged in...
• Sec. 12.70.060 Issue of Governor's Warrant of Arrest.
  If the governor decides that the demand should be complied with, the governor shall sign a warrant of arrest, which shall be sealed with...
• Sec. 12.70.070 Manner and Place of Execution of the Warrant of Arrest.
  The warrant shall authorize the peace officer or other person to whom directed to arrest the accused at any time and any place where...
• Sec. 12.70.080 Authority of Arresting Officer to Command Assistance.
  Every officer or other person empowered to make the arrest has the same authority in arresting the accused to command assistance therein as peace...
• Sec. 12.70.090 Rights of Accused Person and Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus.
  A person arrested on a warrant may not be delivered over to the agent who the executive authority demanding the person has appointed to...
• Sec. 12.70.110 Confinement in Jail When Necessary.
  (a) The officer or persons executing the governor's warrant of arrest, or the agent of the demanding state to whom the prisoner may have...
• Sec. 12.70.120 Arrest Prior to Requisition.
  When a person within this state is charged on the oath of a credible person before a judge or magistrate of this state with...
• Sec. 12.70.130 Arrest Without Warrant.
  The arrest of a person may also be lawfully made by a peace officer or a private person without a warrant upon reasonable information...
• Sec. 12.70.140 Commitment to Await Requisition.
  If at the examination before the judge or magistrate it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime...
• Sec. 12.70.150 Bail.
  Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged is shown to be an offense punishable by death under the laws of the state...
• Sec. 12.70.160 Extension of Time of Commitment.
  If the accused is not arrested under warrant of the governor by the expiration of the time specified in the warrant, bond, or undertaking,...
• Sec. 12.70.170 Forfeiture of Bail.
  If the prisoner is admitted to bail and fails to appear and surrender according to the conditions of the bond or undertaking, the judge...
• Sec. 12.70.180 Persons Under Criminal Prosecution in This State At Time of Requisition.
  If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against the person under the laws of this state and is still pending, the governor has discretion...
• Sec. 12.70.190 Inquiry Into Guilt or Innocence of Accused.
  The guilt or innocence of the accused as to the crime of which the accused is charged may not be inquired into by the...
• Sec. 12.70.200 Governor's Warrant.
  The governor may recall the warrant of arrest or may issue another warrant whenever the governor deems proper.
• Sec. 12.70.210 Fugitives From This State.
  When the governor of this state demands a person charged with crime or with escaping from confinement or breaking the terms of bail, probation,...
• Sec. 12.70.220 Application for Issuance of Requisition.
  (a) When the return to this state of a person charged with a crime in this state is required, the prosecuting attorney of the...
• Sec. 12.70.230 Immunity From Service of Process in Certain Civil Actions.
  A person brought into this state by or after waiver of extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of...
• Sec. 12.70.240 Written Waiver of Extradition Proceedings.
  (a) A person arrested in this state charged with having committed a crime in another state or alleged to have escaped from confinement, or...
• Sec. 12.70.250 Nonwaiver by This State.
  Nothing in this chapter is considered to constitute a waiver by this state of its right, power, or privilege to try the demanded person...
• Sec. 12.70.260 No Immunity From Other Criminal Prosecutions While in This State.
  After a person has been brought back to this state through extradition proceedings, or after waiver of extradition proceedings by that person, that person...
• Sec. 12.70.270 Interpretation.
  The provisions of this chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate the general purposes to make uniform the law of those...
• Sec. 12.70.280 Definitions.
  In this chapter,(1) "executive authority" includes the governor and a person performing the functions of governor in a state other than this state;(2) "governor"...
• Sec. 12.70.290 Short Title.
  This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act.

Last modified: November 15, 2016