Fugitives from justice; duty of governor · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 570.06 Fugitives from justice; duty of governor.
Subject to the provisions of this article, the provisions of the constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of congress enacted in pursuance thereof, it is the duty of the governor of this state to have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of any other state of the United States any person charged in that state with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this state.
Subject to this article, the U.S. Constitution, and federal law, the New York governor must have a person arrested and delivered to another state when that person is charged there with treason, a felony, or another crime, fled from justice, and is found in New York. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Court Officer: Criminal Procedure Law; Volume 2 — Your Career: Criminal Procedure in Plain English.