Arizona Laws 13-3864. Payment of account of agent; method as exclusive; classification
A. When the governor of this state, in the exercise of the authority conferred by law, demands from the executive authority of any other state or foreign country the surrender to the authorities of this state of a fugitive from justice, the accounts of the persons employed by him for that purpose shall be paid by the state upon presentation to the department of administration or the county in which the offense was committed upon presentation of the account to the board of supervisors. If the state or the board of supervisors neglects to pay the claim within thirty days after its presentation, the superior court may, upon petition filed in such court, order the payment of the claim.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 13-3864
- 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
- Governor: includes any person performing the functions of governor by authority of the law of this state. See Arizona Laws 13-3841
- Misdemeanor: means an offense for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment other than to the custody of the state department of corrections is authorized by any law of this state. See Arizona Laws 13-105
- 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
B. No compensation, fee or reward shall be paid to or received by a public officer of this state, or other person, for a service rendered in procuring from the governor the demand, the surrender of the fugitive, conveying the fugitive to this state, or detaining him therein, except as provided in this section, and any person receiving or accepting such compensation, fee or reward in violation of the provisions of this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.