KRS 440.090: Return to this state of fugitive from justice.

When the Governor of this state makes requisition upon the Governor of another state for

a fugitive from justice, the person named in the requisition as the agent of this state shall,

unless a different condition is contained in his commission, be allowed as compensation

from the State Treasury for his services a mileage allowance at the same rate fixed by

regulations adopted by the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet pursuant

to KRS 44.060, plus an additional sum calculated at the rate of five cents ($0.05) per mile

for the distance he travels to and from the jail of the county designated in the

proclamation to the place where the fugitive is arrested, and any other necessary expenses

he pays in reclaiming and returning the fugitive. If, in attempting to reclaim the fugitive,

the agent is acting within the course and scope of his employment, the amount due shall

be paid over to the agent's employer instead of the agent. When a fugitive is to be

returned to this state from a location out of st ate which is in excess of five hundred (500)

miles from the jail to which he is to be returned, commercial air transportation may be

utilized in lieu of ground transportation, unless the agent undertaking the transportation

decides to utilize ground transp ortation. Payment for air transportation shall be in lieu of

the mileage payment for ground transportation only for that portion of the journey for

which air transportation is used. Ground transportation and other expenses shall be paid

as authorized herei n. If the agent is not given possession of the fugitive for reasons

beyond the agent's control, he, or his employer, shall nevertheless be allowed the

compensation prescribed by this section. Upon the return of the fugitive to the county in

which the jail named in the proclamation is located, the person having him in charge shall

go before a judge, who shall issue a mittimus to the jailer to receive the prisoner and keep

him until he is discharged.