77-30-12 - Officers entitled to use local jails. - Utah Statutes

77-30-12. Officers entitled to use local jails.
The officer or persons executing the governor's warrant of arrest or the agent of thedemanding state to whom the prisoner may have been delivered may, when necessary, confine theprisoner in the jail of any county or city through which he may pass and the keeper of such jailmust receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer or person having charge of him is readyto proceed on his route, such officer or person being chargeable with the expense of keeping.
The officer or agent of a demanding state to whom a prisoner may have been deliveredfollowing extradition proceedings in another state, or to whom a prisoner may have beendelivered after waiving extradition in such other state, and who is passing through this state withsuch a prisoner for the purpose of immediately returning such prisoner to the demanding statemay, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city through which he maypass, and the keeper of such jail must receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer oragent having charge of him is ready to proceed on his route, such officer or agent beingchargeable with the expense of keeping; provided, such officer or agent shall produce and showto the keeper of such jail satisfactory written evidence of the fact that he is actually transportingsuch prisoner to the demanding state after a requisition by the executive authority of suchdemanding state. Such prisoner shall not be entitled to demand a new requisition while in thisstate.

Enacted by Chapter 15, 1980 General Session