                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXTRADITION OF PERSONS IMPRISONED OR AWAITING TRIAL IN ANOTHER STATE (§
19.2-89)

When it is desired to have returned to this Commonwealth a person charged in
this Commonwealth with a crime and such person is imprisoned or is held under
criminal proceedings then pending against him in another state, the Governor may
agree with the executive authority of such other state for the extradition of
such person before the conclusion of such proceedings or his term of sentence in
such other state, upon condition that such person be returned to such other
state at the expense of this Commonwealth as soon as the prosecution in this
Commonwealth is terminated.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-53; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.