Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term:
(1) "executive authority" includes the governor and any person performing the functions of governor in a state other than this state or the presiding officer of a federally recognized Indian tribe within the United States;
(2) "governor" includes any person performing the functions of governor by authority of the law of this state;
(3) "governor's warrant of arrest and rendition" refers to the warrant issued by the governor authorizing the extradition of the person to another state;
(4) "requisition" refers to the formal, written extradition demand in the form of a warrant issued by the governor or by the executive authority of a demanding state;
(5) "state", when referring to a state other than this state, includes any other state or territory, organized or unorganized, of the United States of America or an Indian reservation within the United States;
(6) "waiver of extradition" means a written agreement stipulating the person's consent to be transported to a demanding state through a voluntary waiver of the person's right to provisions relating to bail, the issuance and service of the governor's warrant of arrest and rendition, and the right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus.
| EnactedEn. 95-3101 by SectionSec. 14, ChapterCh. 513, Laws ofL. 1973 |
| Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947, 95-3101 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 1, ChapterCh. 379, Laws ofL. 1991 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 1770, ChapterCh. 56, Laws ofL. 2009 (HB 37 - Campbell, Margarett (D) HD 31) |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 3, ChapterCh. 455, Laws ofL. 2025 (HB 535 - Overstreet, Greg (R) HD 88) |