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Subchapter
002
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UNIFORM CRIMINAL EXTRADITION ACT
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 4963)
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§ 4963. Manner of applying for requisition
(a) When the return to this State of a person charged with a crime in this State is required,
the State’s Attorney of the county in which the offense is committed, or the Attorney
General shall present to the Governor his or her written application for a requisition
for the return of the person so charged, in which application shall be stated the
name of the person so charged, the crime charged against him or her, and the approximate
time, place and circumstances of its commission, the state in which he or she is believed
to be, including the location of the accused therein at the time the application is
made, and certifying that in the opinion of the State’s Attorney or the Attorney General
the ends of justice require the arrest and return of the accused to this state for
trial, and that the proceeding is not instituted to enforce a private claim.
(b) When the return to this State is required of a person who has been convicted of a
crime in this State and has escaped from confinement or broken the terms of his or
her bail, probation, or parole, the Attorney General or the State’s Attorney of the
county in which the offense was committed, the State probation officer or the warden
of the institution or sheriff of the county, from which escape was made, shall present
to the Governor a written application for a requisition for the return of such person,
in which application shall be stated the name of the person, the crime of which he
or she was convicted, the circumstances of his or her escape from confinement or of
the breach of the terms of his or her bail, probation or parole, the state in which
he or she is believed to be, including the location of the person therein at the time
application is made.
(c) The application shall be verified by affidavit, shall be executed in duplicate and
shall be accompanied by two certified copies of the indictment returned, or information
and affidavit filed, or of the complaint, stating the offense with which the accused
is charged or of the judgment of conviction or of the sentence. The State’s Attorney,
the Attorney General, the State probation officer, warden, or sheriff may also attach
such further affidavits and other documents in duplicate as he or she shall deem proper
to be submitted with such application. One copy of the application with the action
of the Governor indicated by endorsement thereon, and one of the certified copies
of the indictment or complaint or information and affidavit, or of the judgment of
conviction or of the sentence shall be filed in the office of the Governor to remain
of record in that office. The other copies of all papers shall be forwarded with
the Governor’s requisition.