Kansas Statutes 22-3723. Transfer of offenders under treaties
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 22-3723
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
Whenever a treaty is in force between the United States and a foreign country providing for the transfer of offenders between the United States and such foreign country, the governor is authorized to give the approval of the state of Kansas to a transfer as provided in the treaty, upon the application of a person under the jurisdiction of the secretary of corrections or the secretary for aging and disability services.