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Wash. Rev. Code § 10.88.210 (2026)

Authority of governor

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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, the governor of this state may in his or her discretion have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of any other state of the United States any person charged in that state with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this state.
[ 2010 c 8 s 1066; 1971 ex.s. c 46 s 2.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1976–2003 · leading case: In Re Writ of Habeas Corpus of Jeffries, 548 P.2d 594 (Wash. Ct. App. 1976).
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In Re Writ of Habeas Corpus of Jeffries, 548 P.2d 594 (Wash. Ct. App. 1976). “Washington’s Uniform Criminal Extradition Act provides in RCW 10.88.210 in pertinent part as follows: [T]he governor of this state may in his discretion have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of any other state of the United States any person charged in that…”
State Ex Rel. Boutwell v. Coughlin, 586 P.2d 1145 (Wash. 1978). “RCW 10.88.210 provides: the governor of this state may in his discretion have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of any other state of the United States any person charged in that state with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is…”
State v. Nall, 117 Wash. App. 647 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). “RCW 10.88.210. If the request is for a convicted fugitive who has violated probation, as here, the demanding governor must state that the fugitive has broken the terms of probation.”
State v. Nall, 72 P.3d 200 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). “RCW 10.88.220. If our governor is satisfied that the demand should be complied with, he "shall sign a warrant of arrest" for the fugitive.”
Case v. Kitsap Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, 249 F.3d 921 (9th Cir. 2001). “2; Wash. Rev.Code Ann. §§ 10.88.210, 10.88.260 (allowing for arrests upon an extradition warrant on the demand of an executive authority).”
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