440.170 Duty of Governor. Subject to the provisions of KRS 440.150 to 440.420, 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 deliv ered 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. Effective: June 16, 1960 History: Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 135, sec. 3, effective June 16, 1960.
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