GroundRules
← Search the law
Arkansas · Snapshot open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-17

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-41-208: Extradition and transfer

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. AR Code
  2. Title 12
  3. Chapter 41
  4. Subchapter 2

(a) Arkansas agrees that a person who is in the justice center in the custody of a peace officer or center personnel under the law of the other state may be: (1) Prosecuted for an offense against the law of the other state without extradition of that person; and (2) Personally served with process in any part of the center for a proceeding in the other state. (b) Center personnel or a peace officer of either state may transfer across the state line in the center a person in custody in the center under the law of either state and may exercise control over that person on both sides of the state line in the center. (c) (1) A person in the center who has not been confined in the center, taken to the center under arrest or summoned to appear in the center, may be arrested in any part of the center for an offense against the law of either state without extradition of that person. (2) Extradition of a person who was arrested in the center under those circumstances is not required in order to prosecute the person for an offense against the law of either state if the person is physically present in any part of the center or the state of the prosecution at the time of the prosecution. (d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Governor of this state may recognize a demand for the extradition of a person charged with a crime in the other state if the demand alleges that any element of the offense occurred in any part of the center. Acts 1981, No. 696, § 8; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-1608.

(a) Arkansas agrees that a person who is in the justice center in the custody of a peace officer or center personnel under the law of the other state may be: (1) Prosecuted for an offense against the law of the other state without extradition of that person; and (2) Personally served with process in any part of the center for a proceeding in the other state.

(1) Prosecuted for an offense against the law of the other state without extradition of that person; and

(2) Personally served with process in any part of the center for a proceeding in the other state.

(b) Center personnel or a peace officer of either state may transfer across the state line in the center a person in custody in the center under the law of either state and may exercise control over that person on both sides of the state line in the center.

(c) (1) A person in the center who has not been confined in the center, taken to the center under arrest or summoned to appear in the center, may be arrested in any part of the center for an offense against the law of either state without extradition of that person. (2) Extradition of a person who was arrested in the center under those circumstances is not required in order to prosecute the person for an offense against the law of either state if the person is physically present in any part of the center or the state of the prosecution at the time of the prosecution.

(1) A person in the center who has not been confined in the center, taken to the center under arrest or summoned to appear in the center, may be arrested in any part of the center for an offense against the law of either state without extradition of that person.

(2) Extradition of a person who was arrested in the center under those circumstances is not required in order to prosecute the person for an offense against the law of either state if the person is physically present in any part of the center or the state of the prosecution at the time of the prosecution.

(d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Governor of this state may recognize a demand for the extradition of a person charged with a crime in the other state if the demand alleges that any element of the offense occurred in any part of the center.

Collected 2026-09-17T21:35:43Z. Source file · JSON

Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text. Source · License

Arkansas electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain mark. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows. Source

Browse this collection