Title 23A, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

The order to the witness and to the person having custody of the witness shall provide for the return of the witness at the conclusion of the witness's testimony, proper safeguards on the witness's custody, and proper financial reimbursement or prepayment by the requesting jurisd…

Sections 23A-14A-1 to 23A-14A-10 , inclusive, do not apply to any person in this state confined as mentally ill or under sentence of death. Source: SL 2002, ch 119 , § 5.

If a person confined in a penal institution in any other state may be a material witness in a criminal action pending in a court of record or in a grand jury investigation in this state, a circuit court judge or magistrate may certify: (1) That there is a criminal proceeding or i…

The court may enter an order directing compliance with the terms and conditions prescribed by the judge of the state in which the witness is confined. Source: SL 2002, ch 119 , § 7.

If a witness from another state comes into or passes through this state under an order directing the witness to attend and testify in this or another state, the witness is not subject, while in this state pursuant to the order, to arrest or the service of process, civil or crimin…

The provisions of §§ 23A-14A-1 to 23A-14A-10 , inclusive, shall be so construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact them. Source: SL 2002, ch 119 , § 9.