820.25 Waiver by person arrested. 1. Any person arrested in this state charged with having committed any crime in another state or alleged to have escaped from confinement, or broken the terms of bail, probationor parole may waive the issuance and service of the warrant provided for in sections 820.7and 820.8 and all other procedure incidental to extradition proceedings, by executing orsubscribing in the presence of a judge of any court of record within this state a writing whichstates that the person consents to return to the demanding state; provided, however, thatbefore such waiver shall be executed or subscribed by such person it shall be the duty of suchjudge to inform such person of the person’s rights to the issuance and service of a warrant ofextradition and to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as provided for in section 820.10. 2. If and when such consent has been duly executed it shall forthwith be forwarded to the office of the governor of this state and filed therein. The judge shall direct the officer havingsuch person in custody to deliver forthwith such person to the duly accredited agent or agentsof the demanding state, and shall deliver or cause to be delivered to udge shall direct the officer havingsuch person in custody to deliver forthwith such person to the duly accredited agent or agentsof the demanding state, and shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such agent or agents acopy of such consent; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to limitthe rights of the accused person to return voluntarily and without formality to the demandingstate, nor shall this waiver procedure be deemed to be an exclusive procedure or to limit thepowers, rights or duties of the officers of the demanding state or of this state. [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §759.25; C79, 81, §820.25]2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127 Sat Dec 23 12:35:52 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 820.25 (15, 0)
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