The officer or persons executing the governor's warrant of arrest, or the agent of the demanding state to whom the prisoner may have been delivered, may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city through which he may pass; and the keeper of such jail must receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer or person having charge of him is ready to proceed on his route, such officer or person being chargeable with the expense of keeping.

The officer or agent of a demanding state to whom a prisoner may have been delivered following extradition proceedings in another state, or to whom a prisoner may have been delivered after waiving extradition in such other state, and who is passing through this state with such a prisoner for the purpose of immediately returning such prisoner to the demanding state may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city through which he may pass; and the keeper of such jail must receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer or agent having charge of him is ready to proceed on his route, such officer or agent, however, being chargeable with the expense of keeping; provided, however, that such officer or agent shall produce and show to the keeper of such jail satisfactory written evidence of the fact that he is actually transporting such prisoner to the demanding state after a requisition by the executive authority of such demanding state. Such prisoner shall not be entitled to demand a new requisition while in this state.

History: Laws 1937, ch. 65, § 12; 1941 Comp., § 42-1912; 1953 Comp., § 41-19-12.

Identification of officer required before he can accept prisoners. — Under the provisions of the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, 31-4-1 to 31-4-30 NMSA 1978, there is no requirement that guards, as such, be designated by name. It is certain, however, that the sheriff or other designated officer who represents the executive authority of the requisitioning state and is the agent of that state for receipt of prisoners, has to be named and duly accredited as the demanding state's agent before prisoners will be delivered to him. 1961 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 61-9.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 31A Am. Jur. 2d Extradition § 58 to 62.

35 C.J.S. Extradition § 67.