CHAPTER 4. Proceedings Against Fugitives From Justice [1547. - 1558.]

Chapter 4 enacted 1872.

§§ 1547–1558 · 37 sections

§ 1547 (a) The Governor may offer a reward of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), payable out of the General Fund, for information leading to the arrest…
§ 1548 As used in this chapter: (a) “Governor” means any person performing the functions of Governor by authority of the law of this State. (b) “Executive authority”…
§ 1548.1 Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the Constitution of the United States, and the laws of the United States, it is the duty of the Governor of this…
§ 1548.2 No demand for the extradition of a person charged with crime in another State shall be recognized by the Governor unless it is in writing alleging that the…
§ 1548.3 When a demand is made upon the Governor of this State by the executive authority of another State for the surrender of a person so charged with crime, the…
§ 1549 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…
§ 1549.1 The Governor of this state may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person in this state charged in the other state in…
§ 1549.15 For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Gender-affirming health care” and “gender-affirming mental health care”…
§ 1549.2 If a demand conforms to the provisions of this chapter, the Governor or agent authorized in writing by the Governor whose authorization has been filed with the…
§ 1549.3 Such warrant shall authorize the peace officer or other person to whom it is directed: (a) To arrest the accused at any time and any place where he may be…
§ 1550.1 No person arrested upon such warrant shall be delivered over to the agent of the executive authority demanding him unless he is first taken forthwith before a…
§ 1550.2 Any officer or other person entrusted with a Governor’s warrant who delivers to the agent of the demanding State a person in his custody under such Governor’s…
§ 1550.3 The officer or persons executing the Governor’s warrant of arrest, or the agent of the demanding State to whom the prisoner has been delivered may confine the…
§ 1551 (a) Whenever any person within this State is charged by a verified complaint before any magistrate of this State with the commission of any crime in any other…
§ 1551.05 (a) Any person on outpatient status pursuant to Title 15 (commencing with Section 1600) of Part 2 or pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2972 who leaves…
§ 1551.1 The arrest of a person may also be lawfully made by any peace officer, without a warrant, upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the…
§ 1551.2 At the initial appearance of a person arrested under Section 1551 or 1551.1, he shall be informed of the reason for his arrest and of his right to demand and…
§ 1551.3 Immediately upon the arrest of the person charged, the magistrate must give notice thereof to the district attorney. The district attorney must immediately…
§ 1552 If at the hearing before the magistrate, it appears that the accused is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged, the magistrate must, by a…
§ 1552.1 Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged, is shown to be an offense punishable by death or life imprisonment under the laws of the state in which…
§ 1552.2 If the accused is not arrested under warrant of the Governor by the expiration of the time specified in the warrant, bond, or undertaking, a magistrate may…
§ 1553 If the prisoner is admitted to bail, and fails to appear and surrender himself according to the conditions of his bond, the magistrate, by proper order, shall…
§ 1553.1 (a) If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against a person charged under Section 1551 under the laws of this state and is still pending, the Governor,…
§ 1553.2 The guilt or innocence of the accused as to the crime with which he is charged may not be inquired into by the Governor or in any proceeding after the demand…
§ 1554 The Governor may recall his warrant of arrest or may issue another warrant whenever he deems it proper.
§ 1554.1 Whenever the Governor of this State shall demand the return of a person charged with crime in this State or with escaping from confinement or violating the…
§ 1554.2 (a) When the return to this state of a person charged with crime in this state is required, the district attorney shall present to the Governor his written…
§ 1554.3 After a person has been brought back to this state by extradition proceedings, the person shall be committed to a county jail with bail set in the amount of…
§ 1555 A person brought into this State on, or after waiver of extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of process in civil actions…
§ 1555.1 Any person arrested in this state charged with having committed any crime in another state or alleged to have escaped from confinement, or broken the terms of…
§ 1555.2 (a) If the arrested person refuses to sign a waiver of extradition under Section 1555.1, a hearing shall be held, upon application of the district attorney, to…
§ 1555.3 Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by this state of its right, power or privilege to try any demanded person for crime committed…
§ 1556 After a person has been brought back to this State by extradition proceedings, he may be tried in this State for other crimes which he may be charged with…
§ 1556.1 The provisions of this chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purposes to make uniform the law of those states which enact…
§ 1556.2 This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act.
§ 1557 (a) This section shall apply when this state or a city, county, or city and county employs a person to travel to a foreign jurisdiction outside this state for…
§ 1558 No compensation, fee, profit, or reward of any kind can be paid to or received by a public officer of this state, a corporation or firm, or other person, for a…