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Subchapter
002
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UNIFORM CRIMINAL EXTRADITION ACT
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 4953)
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§ 4953. Arrest prior to requisition
Whenever any person within this State shall be charged on the oath of any credible
person before any judge or magistrate of this State with the commission of any crime
in any other state, and, except in cases arising under section 4946 of this title, with having fled from justice, or with having been convicted of a crime in that
state and having escaped from confinement, or having broken the terms of his or her
bail, probation, or parole, or whenever complaint shall have been before a Superior
Court judge within this State, setting forth on the affidavit of a credible person
in another state that a crime has been committed in such other state and that the
accused has been charged in that state with the commission of a crime, and, except
in cases arising under section 4946, has fled from justice, or with having been convicted
of a crime in that state and having escaped from confinement, or having broken the
terms of his or her bail, probation, or parole and is believed to have been found
in this State, such judge shall issue a warrant to any sheriff or constable directing
him or her to apprehend the person charged, wherever he or she may be found in this
State, and bring him or her before the same or any other Superior Court judge who
may be available in or convenient of access to the place where the arrest may be made,
to answer the charge or complaint and affidavit; and a certified copy of the sworn
charge or complaint and affidavit upon which the warrant is issued shall be attached
to the warrant. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative February 1, 1967; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 106.)