Rhode Island § 12-9-3 § 12-9-3. Governor's duty to deliver fugitives from justice.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-9-3 — § 12-9-3. Governor's duty to deliver fugitives from justice.

Rhode Island § 12-9-3

Title 12Criminal Procedure

Ch. 12-9Extradition

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-9-3 (2026).

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§ 12-9-3. Governor's duty to deliver fugitives from justice.
Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the Constitution of the
            United States controlling, and any and all acts of Congress enacted in pursuance of
            the Constitution, it is the duty of the governor of this state to have arrested and
            delivered up to the executive authority of any other state of the United States any
            person charged in that state with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from
            justice and is found in this state.
         

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§ 12-9-3. Governor's duty to deliver fugitives from justice.

Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the Constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of Congress enacted in pursuance of the Constitution, it is the duty of the governor of this state to have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of any other state of the United States any person charged in that state with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this state.