Wyoming § 7-3-217 - Failure of state to demand person arrested without warrant within time specified.
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§ 7-3-217. Failure of state to demand person arrested without warrant within time specified.
If the accused is not arrested under warrant of the governor by the expiration of the time specified in the warrant, bond, or undertaking, the judge or magistrate may discharge him or may recommit him to a further day, or may again take bail for his appearance and surrender, as provided in W.S. 7-3-216. At the expiration of the second period of commitment, or if he has been bailed and appeared according to the terms of his bond or undertaking, the judge or magistrate may either discharge him, or may require him to enter into a new bond or undertaking, to appear and surrender himself at another day.
Source: official Wyoming text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 7-3-217 ("Failure of state to demand person arrested without warrant within time specified.") is part of the Wyoming Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of Wyoming. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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