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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 440.200: Demand by this state -- Agreement with other state -- Demand on

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  1. KRS Chapter 440

involuntary departure.

(1) When it is desired to have returned to this state a person charged in this state with a

crime, and such person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedin gs then

pending against him in another state, the Governor of this state may agree with the

executive authority of such other state for the extradition of such person before the

conclusion of such proceedings or his term of sentence in such other state, up on

condition that such person be returned to such other state at the expense of this state

as soon as the prosecution in this state is terminated.

(2) The Governor of this state may also surrender on demand of the executive authority

of any other state any person in this state who is charged in the manner provided in

KRS 440.180 with having violated the laws of the state whose executive authority is

making the demand, even though such person left the demanding state involuntarily.

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