Extradition of persons imprisoned or awaiting trial in another state · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 570.12 Extradition of persons imprisoned or awaiting trial in another
state.
When it is desired to have returned to this state a person charged in this state with a crime and such person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings then pending against him in another state, the governor of this state may agree with the executive authority of such other state for the extradition of such person before the conclusion of his term of sentence in such other state, upon condition that such person be returned to such other state at the expense of this state as soon as the prosecution in this state is terminated.
If a person charged in New York is imprisoned or facing a pending criminal proceeding in another state, the New York governor may arrange early extradition before that sentence ends, on the condition that New York returns the person to the other state at New York’s expense as soon as the New York prosecution ends. ★
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.