Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 12.70.010 (2026)
Fugitives from other states and duty of governor
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Sec. 12.70.010. Fugitives from other states and duty of governor.
Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the Constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of Congress enacted in pursuance thereof, it is the duty of the governor of this state to have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of another state a person charged in that state with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this state.
Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the Constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of Congress enacted in pursuance thereof, it is the duty of the governor of this state to have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of another state a person charged in that state with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this state.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1969–2023 · leading case: Moser v. Zaborac, 514 P.2d 12 (Alaska 1973).
Moser v. Zaborac, 514 P.2d 12 (Alaska 1973). “Moser attempts to bolster his argument for the limitation of extradition solely to the rules set forth in the federal statutes relating to fugitives from the demanding state by pointing to a limitation in AS 12.70.010 6 to follow only federal law.”
Montague v. Smedley, 557 P.2d 774 (Alaska 1976). “13 The State of Alaska recognizes federal supremacy in the area of extradition in AS 12.70.010, which states: Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of Congress enacted in pursuance…”
Marrone v. State, 458 P.2d 736 (Alaska 1969). “70.-040(a), the Supreme Court of Ohio in State ex rel.”
Brown v. State, 518 P.2d 770 (Alaska 1974). “AS 12.70.010 provides: “Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of Congress enacted in pursuance thereof, it is the duty of the governor of this state to have arrested and delivered up…”
Adam Phillip Ives v. State of Alaska, No. A13900 (Alaska Ct. App. Mar. 31, 2023). “The extradition procedure set out by Alaska’s UCEA Under the extradition clause of the United States Constitution, when a state locates a fugitive from justice within its jurisdiction, the locating state must deliver the fugitive to the state from which the fugitive fled upon…”
Adam Phillip Ives v. State of Alaska, 536 P.3d 757 (Alaska Ct. App. 2023). “The extradition procedure set out by Alaska’s UCEA Under the extradition clause of the United States Constitution, when a state locates a fugitive from justice within its jurisdiction, the locating state must deliver the fugitive to the state from which the fugitive fled upon…”
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