Maryland Code, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 9-105
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Terms Used In Maryland Code, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 9-105
- Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) When it is desired to have returned to this State a person charged in this State with a crime, and the person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings then pending in another state, the Governor of this State may agree with the executive authority of the other state for the extradition of the person before the conclusion of proceedings or term of sentence in the other state, upon condition that the person be returned to the other state at the expense of this State as soon as the prosecution in this State is terminated.
(b) 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 § 9-123 of this title with having violated the laws of the state whose executive authority is making the demand, even though the person left the demanding state involuntarily.