R.C. § 2963.21 Written Application For Requisition For Return of Person Charged

• Library: Ohio Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from 2024 received as of February 15, 2024.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: R.C. § 2963.21

When the return to this state of a person charged with crime in this state is required, the prosecuting attorney shall present to the governor a written application for a requisition for the return of the person charged. The application shall state the name of the person charged, the crime charged against the person, the approximate time, place, and circumstances of its commission, the state in which the person charged is believed to be located, and the location of the person in that state at the time the application is made. The prosecuting attorney shall certify that in the prosecuting attorney's opinion the ends of justice require the arrest and return of the person charged to this state for trial and that the proceeding is not instituted to enforce a private claim.

When the return to this state is required of a person who has been convicted of a crime in this state and has escaped from confinement or broken the terms of the person's bail, parole, community control sanction, or post-release control sanction, the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the offense was committed, the adult parole authority, or the warden of the institution or sheriff of the county from which escape was made shall present to the governor a written application for a requisition for the return of the person. The application shall state the person's name, the crime of which the person was convicted, the circumstances of the person's escape from confinement or of the breach of the terms of the person's bail, parole, community control sanction, or post-release control sanction, the state in which the person is believed to be located, and the location of the person in that state at the time the application is made.