Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 14 (2026)

Written demand; allegations; accompanying papers; charge of crime; authentication of copies of papers

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Section 14. No demand for the interstate rendition of a person charged with crime in another state shall be recognized by the governor unless it be in writing alleging either that the person demanded was present in the demanding state at the time of the commission of the alleged crime, or that such person committed in this commonwealth or in a third state an act intentionally resulting in a crime in the demanding state only when the acts for which the demand for interstate rendition is sought would be punishable by the laws of the commonwealth, if the consequences claimed to have resulted therefrom in the demanding state had taken effect in this commonwealth, or that such person has escaped from confinement or has broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, nor unless such demand is accompanied by a copy of an indictment found, or of an information supported by affidavit, in the demanding state, or by a copy of an affidavit made before a magistrate of such state, and by a copy of the warrant which was issued thereon, or by a copy of a judgment of conviction or of a sentence imposed in execution thereof in the demanding state. The indictment or information, or the affidavit made before the magistrate who issued the warrant, shall substantially charge the person demanded with having committed a crime under the law of the demanding state, and the copy of the indictment, information, affidavit, judgment of conviction or sentence shall be authenticated by the executive authority of such state.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 11 cases, 1974–1997 · leading case: Upton, 439 N.E.2d 1216 (Mass. 1982).

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Upton, 439 N.E.2d 1216 (Mass. 1982). · cites it 2× “Under G. L. c. 276, § 14, a part of the Uniform Criminal Interstate Rendition Law (Uniform Rendition Law) (see G.”

Moore, 313 N.E.2d 893 (Mass. App. Ct. 1974). · cites it 4× “The petitioner has appealed from, and taken exception to, the denial of her petition and has further excepted to the denial of certain of her requests for rulings.”

Juv., 484 N.E.2d 995 (Mass. 1985). · cites it 2× “See G. L. c. 276, § 14. Evidence extrinsic to the documents accompanying the rendition request may be considered if identity is challenged by the petitioner at the rendition hearing.”

Ierardi, 321 N.E.2d 921 (Mass. 1975). · cites it 2× “274 (1957), is G. L. c. 276, § 14, as appearing in St. 1937, c.”

Hinnant, 678 N.E.2d 1314 (Mass. 1997). “G. L. c. 276, § 14. When the individual is located in another State (asylum State), a magistrate in the asylum State issues a fugitive warrant, and the individual is then arrested on that warrant.”

Whitehouse, 467 N.E.2d 228 (Mass. App. Ct. 1984). · cites it 2× “See also the requirements of G. L. c. 276, § 14 (a part of our version of the Uniform Criminal Interstate Rendition Law).”

Hayes, 468 N.E.2d 1083 (Mass. App. Ct. 1984). · cites it 2× “359, 370 [1982]), in part because “there is no Massachusetts authority which decides the question whether a request for rendition of a probationer under G. L. c. 276, § 14, requires a preliminary showing that probable cause exists to conclude that the probationer has violated…”

Consalvi, 382 N.E.2d 734 (Mass. 1978). “1 The petitioners do not maintain that the papers submitted by the Governor of Kansas have been improperly authenticated or that they fail to comply on their face with the requirements of G. L. c. 276, § 14. Murphy, petitioner, 321 Mass.”

Gay, 548 N.E.2d 879 (Mass. 1990). “This inquiry compels us to interpret both statutes. In order to issue a warrant under the Rendition Law, the Governor must find that the person demanded is “substantially charge[d]” with a violation of the receiving State’s law.”

Consalvi, 370 N.E.2d 707 (Mass. App. Ct. 1977). “The papers also include an arrest warrant issued by the same judge, which recites his finding of probable cause to believe that the petitioners (among others) committed the offenses charged.”

Schreiber, 522 N.E.2d 1010 (Mass. App. Ct. 1988). · cites it 3× “” In his appeal from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a judge of the Superior Court, the petitioner urges that the rendition documents are insufficient under G. L. c. 276, § 14, because he is charged with a violation of probation rather than with a…”

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