10 chapters · 125 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 23-701 Warrants for the arrest of fugitives from justice
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Whenever any person who is (1) within the District of Columbia, (2) charged with any offense committed in any State, and (3) liable by the Constitution and laws of the United States to be delivered over upon the demand of the Governor of that State, any judge of the Superior Cour…
D.C. Code § 23-702 Procedure on arrest of fugitives
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(a) Any person arrested upon a warrant issued pursuant to section 23-701, or arrested within the District of Columbia as a fugitive from justice without a warrant having been issued, shall be taken before the Criminal Division of the Superior Court for preliminary examination on …
D.C. Code § 23-703 Failure to appear
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Any person released pursuant to section 23-702 who fails to appear as required shall be punished by a fine of not more than the amount set forth in [§ 22-3571.01] or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.
D.C. Code § 23-704 Extradition
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(a) In all cases where the laws of the United States provide that fugitives from justice shall be delivered up, the chief judge of the Superior Court shall cause to be apprehended and delivered up fugitives from justice who shall be found within the District of Columbia, in the s…
D.C. Code § 23-705 Removal proceedings and returns to foreign countries not affected
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Nothing contained in this chapter shall repeal, modify, or in any way affect existing law concerning the procedure for the return of any person apprehended in the District of Columbia to a Federal judicial district to answer a Federal charge, or repeal, modify, or affect existing…
D.C. Code § 23-706 Confinement
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(a) The agent of the demanding State to whom the prisoner may have been delivered in accordance with the provisions of section 23-704, may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in a facility of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections, and the Department of Corrections …
D.C. Code § 23-707 Definitions
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For purposes of this chapter — (1) the term “State” includes any territory or possession of the United States; and (2) the term “Governor” means the executive authority of a State.