440.260 Confinement of prisoner en route -- Duty of jailer -- Evidence of

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extradition.

(1)The officer or persons executing the Governor's warrant of arrest, or the agent of the

demanding state to whom the prisoner may have been delivered 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 person having charge of him is ready to proceed on his route, such

officer or person being chargeable with the expense of keeping.

(2)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. Such prisoner shall not be entitled to demand a new requisition while in this

state.