Wyoming § 7-3-103 Purpose and objects; required ratification

Wyoming Statutes

§ 7-3-103 — Purpose and objects; required ratification

Wyoming § 7-3-103

Title 07Criminal Procedure

Ch. 3FUGITIVES AND PREVENTION OF CRIME

Art. 1INTERSTATE COMPACTS

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-3-103 (2026).

Text

(a)Any agreement or compact entered into under W.S. 7-3-101 through 7-3-107 shall be designed to suppress crime, to circumvent the activities of criminals and to expedite their apprehension and trial, and to enforce generally the respective criminal laws and policies of Wyoming and any other state entering into the agreement or compact. In order to effectuate those purposes, an agreement or compact may contain specific provisions for the accomplishment of any of the following objects:

(i)The arrest of any person who has fled from any one (1) of the compacting states into another, by any pursuing officer of the compacting state from which the person fled;

(ii)The return of any witness deemed essential in the prosecution of any criminal case who has gone or fled into any other compacting

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(a) Any agreement or compact entered into under W.S.
7-3-101 through 7-3-107 shall be designed to suppress crime, to
circumvent the activities of criminals and to expedite their
apprehension and trial, and to enforce generally the respective
criminal laws and policies of Wyoming and any other state
entering into the agreement or compact. In order to effectuate
those purposes, an agreement or compact may contain specific
provisions for the accomplishment of any of the following
objects:
(i) The arrest of any person who has fled from any
one (1) of the compacting states into another, by any pursuing
officer of the compacting state from which the person fled;
(ii) The return of any witness deemed essential in
the prosecution of any criminal case who has gone or fled into
any other compacting state from the compacting state in which
his presence is required;
(iii) The establishment and maintenance by any two
(2) or more compacting states of facilities for the
investigation of crime and the discovery of criminals, including
crime detection agencies, bureaus of registration and
identification, crime laboratories and similar agencies;
(iv) The proper supervision of any person who, having
been paroled or granted probation in one (1) of the compacting
states, has become a resident of any other compacting state;
(v) The written agreement of one (1) or more law
enforcement agencies of this state to enter into mutual aid
agreements with one (1) or more law enforcement agencies of this
state or an adjoining state or the United States as authorized
by W.S. 7-3-903(a).
(b) Any agreement or compact entered into pursuant to this
section shall conform with the purposes for which the consent of
the congress has been granted. Any agreement or compact entered
into on behalf of Wyoming and any one (1) or more states shall
not be binding upon any of the states, or upon their respective
citizens, until the agreement or compact has been ratified and
approved by the respective legislatures of the several states
entering into the agreement or compact.