The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
002
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UNIFORM CRIMINAL EXTRADITION ACT
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 4945)
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§ 4945. Extradition of persons imprisoned or awaiting trial in another state or who have left
the demanding state under compulsion
(a) 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 him or her 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 his or her 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.
(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 section 4963 of this title, with having violated the laws of the state whose executive authority is making the
demand, even though such person left the demanding state involuntarily.