Maine statute
15 M.R.S. § 205 — Extradition of prisoners or those awaiting trial or absent by compulsion
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Subchapter 1: Issuance of Governor's Warrant, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 205
Statutory text current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the Maine Revised Statutes from the Revisor of Statutes' official published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Maine and has not been certified by the Secretary of State.
When it is desired to have returned to this State a person charged in this State with a crime, and the person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings then pending against the person in another state, the Governor of this State may agree with the executive authority of the other state for the extradition of the person before the conclusion of those proceedings or the person's term of sentence in the other state, upon condition that the person be returned to the other state at the expense of this State as soon as the prosecution or imprisonment following conviction in this State is terminated.
The Governor may surrender on demand of the executive authority of any other state any person in this State who is charged in the manner provided in section 223 with having violated the laws of the state whose executive authority is making the demand, even though the person left the demanding state involuntarily.
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