Massachusetts § 13 - Surrendering accused not in demanding state at time of crime or leaving demanding state involuntarily

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§ 13. Surrendering accused not in demanding state at time of crime or leaving demanding state involuntarily

Section 13. The governor may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person in the commonwealth charged in such other state in the manner provided in section 14 with committing an act in this commonwealth, or in a third state, intentionally resulting in a crime in the state whose executive authority is making the demand, hereafter in this section and in sections 14 to 20P, inclusive, referred to as the demanding state, only when the acts for which extradition is sought would be punishable by the laws of the commonwealth if the consequences claimed to have resulted therefrom in the demanding state had taken effect in this commonwealth and the provisions of sections 11 to 20R, inclusive, not otherwise inconsistent shall apply to such cases even though the accused was not in the demanding state at the time of the commission of the crime and has not fled therefrom; provided, however, that the governor may, in the governor's discretion, make any such surrender conditional upon agreement by the executive authority of the demanding state that the person so surrendered will be held to answer no criminal charges of any nature except those set forth in the requisition upon which such person is so surrendered, at least until such person has been given reasonable opportunity to return to the commonwealth after the person's acquittal, if the person shall be acquitted, or after the person shall be released from confinement, if the person shall be convicted.

Except as required by federal law, the governor shall not surrender a person charged in another state as a result of engaging in legally-protected health care activity, as defined in section 11I1/2 of chapter 12, unless the executive authority of the demanding state shall allege in writing that the accused was physically present in the demanding state at the time of the commission of the alleged offense and that thereafter the accused fled from the demanding state.

The governor may surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person in this commonwealth charged in the demanding state in the manner provided in section fourteen with having violated its laws, even though such person left such state involuntarily.

Source: official Massachusetts text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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