Iowa Code 820.5 – Persons imprisoned in another state
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 820.5
- Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
820.5 Persons imprisoned in another state.
1. When it is desired to have returned to this state a person charged in this state with a crime, and such 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 such other state for the extradition of such person before the conclusion of such proceedings or the person’s term of sentence in such other state, upon condition that such person be returned to such other state at the expense of this state as soon as the prosecution in this state is terminated.
2. The governor of this state may also 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
820.23 with having violated the laws of the state whose executive authority is making the demand, even though such person left the demanding state involuntarily.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §759.5; C79, 81, §820.5]
2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
1. When it is desired to have returned to this state a person charged in this state with a crime, and such 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 such other state for the extradition of such person before the conclusion of such proceedings or the person’s term of sentence in such other state, upon condition that such person be returned to such other state at the expense of this state as soon as the prosecution in this state is terminated.
2. The governor of this state may also 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
820.23 with having violated the laws of the state whose executive authority is making the demand, even though such person left the demanding state involuntarily.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §759.5; C79, 81, §820.5]
2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127