§ 9103 - Duty of governor - Vermont Statutes

§ 9103. Duty of governor

When the executive authority of any state demands of the governor any fugitive within the purview of section 9102 of this title and produces a copy of the commitment, decree or other judicial process and proceedings, certified as authentic by the governor or chief magistrate of the state whence the person so charged has filed, with an affidavit made before a proper officer showing the person to be such a fugitive, the governor shall cause him to be apprehended and secured, if found in this state, and to cause immediate notice of his apprehension to be given to the executive authority making such demand, or to the agent of such authority appointed to receive the fugitive, and to cause the fugitive to be delivered to such agent when he shall appear. If such agent does not appear within thirty days from the time of the apprehension, the fugitive may be discharged. All costs and expenses incurred in apprehending, security, maintaining and transmitting such fugitive to the state making such demand, shall be paid by such state. An agent so appointed who receives the fugitive into his custody shall be empowered to transport him to the state from which he has fled. The governor is hereby vested with the power, on the application of any person interested, to demand the return to this state of any fugitive within the purview of this chapter. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968.)