Georgia Code, Title 17, Chapter 13, Article 2 - Uniform Criminal Extradition Act

• § 17-13-20 - Short Title
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Criminal Extradition Act."
• § 17-13-21 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Executive authority" includes the Governor and any person performing the functions of governor in a state...
• § 17-13-22 - Duty of Governor to Have Fugitives From Justice Arrested and Delivered to Executive Authorities of Other States
  Subject to this article, the Constitution of the United States, and any and all acts of Congress enacted in pursuance thereof, it is the...
• § 17-13-23 - Form of Demand for Extradition of Person Charged With Crime in Another State
  No demand for the extradition of a person charged with a crime in another state shall be recognized by the Governor unless in writing,...
• § 17-13-24 - Extradition of Person Imprisoned or Awaiting Trial in Another State or Who Has 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 such person is...
• § 17-13-25 - Extradition of Persons 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 any other state, any person in this state charged...
• § 17-13-26 - Investigation of Case Upon Receipt of Demand for Extradition
  When a demand for the surrender of a person charged with a crime shall be made upon the Governor of this state by the...
• § 17-13-27 - Issue of Governor's Warrant of Arrest; Recitals
  If the Governor decides that the demand should be complied with, he shall sign a warrant of arrest, which shall be sealed with the...
• § 17-13-28 - Manner and Place of Execution of Warrant
  The warrant shall authorize the peace officer or other person to whom directed to arrest the accused at any time and any place where...
• § 17-13-29 - Authority of Arresting Officers; Penalties for Refusal to Assist Arresting Officers
  Every peace officer or other person empowered to make the arrest shall have the same authority, in arresting the accused, to command assistance therein...
• § 17-13-30 - Rights of Accused Person; Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus; Hearing; Penalty
  (a) No person arrested upon a warrant shall be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority demanding him shall have appointed to...
• § 17-13-31 - Duty of District Attorney to Answer and Defend Habeas Corpus Action
  The district attorney shall answer and defend any habeas corpus action brought under this article, which action contests the issuance, execution, or validity of...
• § 17-13-32 - Confinement in Jail of Person Being Extradited to Another State 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...
• § 17-13-33 - Arrest of Person Charged With Crime in Another State Under Warrant Based Upon Oath or Affidavit of Another Person
  Whenever any person within this state shall be charged, on the oath of any credible person before any judge or magistrate of this state,...
• § 17-13-34 - Arrest Without Warrant of a Person Charged With a Crime in Another State
  The arrest of a person may be lawfully made by any peace officer or private person, without a warrant, upon reasonable information that the...
• § 17-13-35 - Commitment of Person Accused of Crime in Another State to County Jail Pending Receipt of Demand From Other State Generally
  If from the examination before the judge or magistrate it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime...
• § 17-13-36 - Granting of 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...
• § 17-13-37 - Procedure Where Accused Not Arrested Within Time Specified in Warrant
  If the accused is not arrested under warrant of the Governor by the expiration of the time specified in the warrant or bond, a...
• § 17-13-38 - Forfeiture of Bail Bond
  If the prisoner is admitted to bail and fails to appear and surrender himself according to the conditions of his bond, the judge or...
• § 17-13-39 - Surrender of Persons Under Criminal Prosecution or Sentence in This State to Demanding State
  The Governor may, in his discretion, surrender, upon demand of the executive authority of another state, any person found in this state, notwithstanding the...
• § 17-13-40 - Conduct of Inquiry As to Guilt or Innocence of Accused
  The guilt or innocence of the accused as to the crime of which he is charged may not be inquired into by the Governor...
• § 17-13-41 - Recall of Warrant of Arrest or Issuance of Another Warrant by Governor
  The Governor may recall his warrant of arrest or may issue another warrant whenever he deems proper.
• § 17-13-42 - Demand for Return of Fugitives in Other States by Governor of This State; Issuance of Warrant to Person Receiving Fugitive
  Whenever the Governor of this state shall demand a person charged with a crime or with escaping from confinement or breaking the terms of...
• § 17-13-43 - Application for Issuance of Demand
  (a) When the return to this state of a person charged with crime in this state is required, the prosecuting attorney shall present to...
• § 17-13-44 - Payment of Expenses
  When the punishment of the crime shall be the confinement of the person in a penal institution, the expenses shall be paid out of...
• § 17-13-45 - Immunity From Service of Process of Persons Brought Into State in Civil Actions Based on Facts in Criminal Charge
  A person brought into this state by or after waiver of extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of...
• § 17-13-46 - Execution and Filing of Written Waiver of Extradition Proceedings by Accused; Delivery of Accused to Demanding State
  (a) Any person arrested in this state charged with having committed any crime in another state or alleged to have escaped from confinement, or...
• § 17-13-47 - Effect of Article As to Right, Power, or Privilege of State to Try Demanded Person
  Nothing in this article contained shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by this state of its right, power, or privilege to try a...
• § 17-13-48 - Trial of Person Brought Into State for Other Criminal Prosecutions While in State
  After a person has been brought back to this state by, or after waiver of, extradition proceedings, he may be tried in this state...
• § 17-13-49 - Uniform Interpretation and Construction
  This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate the general purposes to make uniform the laws of those states which enact

Last modified: October 14, 2016