Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 12 (2026)
Arrest and delivery of accused to executives of another state; governor's authority
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Section 12. Subject to the provisions of sections eleven to twenty R, inclusive, the controlling provisions of the constitution of the United States, and any and all acts of congress enacted in pursuance thereof, the governor may cause to be arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of any other state any person charged in such other state with treason, felony or other crime, or with having been convicted of a crime in such other state and having escaped from confinement or having broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, who is found in this commonwealth.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1991–1991 · leading case: James, 575 N.E.2d 38 (Mass. 1991).
James, 575 N.E.2d 38 (Mass. 1991). “James’s single argument is that he is not a person described in G. L. c. 276, § 12 (1990 ed.), whom the Governor lawfully may cause to be arrested and surrendered to another State.”
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