{"data":{"id":"us-gu/8-gca-140.40","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"8 GCA § 140.40","heading":"Request for Rendition.","body":"(a) Subject to Subsections (b) and (c), Guam may grant a written request by an issuing authority of another state for the rendition of a person in Guam.\n(b) The request may be refused if the requested person is:\n1. Being prosecuted or is imprisoned in Guam for a criminal offense;\n2. The subject of a pending proceeding in the juvenile court brought for the purpose of adjudicating the person to be a delinquent; or\n3. In the custody of the Department of Youth Affairs pursuant to an order of disposition of the juvenile court as a delinquent child; or\n4. Under the supervision of the juvenile court pursuant to informal adjustment or an order of disposition of the court.\n(c) The request must allege that the person:\n1. Is charged with a crime punishable in the requesting state by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one (1) year in the requesting state; or\n2. Having been charged with or convicted of a crime in the requesting state, has escaped or violated any term of bail, probation, parole, or an order arising out of a criminal proceeding in the requesting state.\n(d) Upon application of the Attorney General of Guam, an issuing authority may request rendition of a person from another state and may comply with requirements of that state for the granting of the request. A corrections official who is also an issuing authority may request rendition from another state of a person described in Subsection (c)(2), and subject to the jurisdiction of the correction official.","path":["Title 8: Criminal Procedure","Chapter 140: Extradition","ARTICLE 4: RENDITION"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/8gc140.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T02:43:38Z","sha256":"0e1561507ed364aaf9f529ab167da8a5de0c42590d38594602e2e09a02ea0760","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/8-gca-140.36","next":"us-gu/8-gca-140.41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}