Arizona Laws 13-3842. Fugitives from justice; duty of governor
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Subject to the provisions of this article, the provisions of the Constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of Congress enacted in pursuance thereof, 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.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 13-3842
- Crime: means a misdemeanor or a felony. See Arizona Laws 13-105
- Executive authority: includes the governor, and any person performing the functions of governor in a state other than this state. See Arizona Laws 13-3841
- Felony: means an offense for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment in the custody of the state department of corrections is authorized by any law of this state. See Arizona Laws 13-105
- Governor: includes any person performing the functions of governor by authority of the law of this state. See Arizona Laws 13-3841
- Person: means a human being and, as the context requires, an enterprise, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a firm, a society, a government, a governmental authority or an individual or entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property. See Arizona Laws 13-105
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215