Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 16-20-103 — Persons subject to extradition.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Article 20: Extradition of Persons of Unsound Mind, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 16-20-103
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
(1) A person alleged to be of unsound mind found in this state who has fled from another state shall be extradited from this state on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled if, at the time of his flight: (a) He was under detention by law in a hospital, asylum, or other institution for the insane as a person of unsound mind; (b) He had been determined by a legal proceeding to be of unsound mind prior to his flight, the finding being unreversed and in full force and effect and the control of his person having been acquired by a court of competent jurisdiction of the state from which he fled; or (c) He was subject to detention in such state, being then his legal domicile (personal process having been made), based on legal proceedings to have him declared of unsound mind.
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