Confinement of extradited persons passing through this state · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 570.30 Confinement of extradited persons passing through this state.
The officer or agent of a demanding state to whom a prisoner may have been delivered following extradition proceedings in another state, or to whom a prisoner may have been delivered after waiving extradition in such other state, and who is passing through this state with such a prisoner for the purpose of immediately returning such prisoner to the demanding state may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city through which he may pass; and the keeper of such jail must receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer or agent having charge of him is ready to proceed on his route, such officer or agent, however, being chargeable with the expense of keeping, provided, however, that such officer or agent shall produce and show to the keeper of such jail satisfactory written evidence of the fact that he is actually transporting such prisoner to the demanding state after a requisition by the executive authority of such demanding state or waiver thereof. Such person shall not be entitled to demand a new requisition while in this state.
An officer or agent of a demanding state who is passing through New York with a prisoner, delivered after extradition proceedings or a waiver of extradition in another state, to return the prisoner immediately to the demanding state may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in any county or city jail along the route. The jailer must receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer or agent is ready to proceed, and the officer or agent pays the expense of keeping. The officer or agent must first show the jailer satisfactory written evidence that the prisoner is actually being transported to the demanding state after a requisition or waiver. ★ The prisoner may not demand a new requisition while 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.