2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 17 - Criminal Procedures
CHAPTER 9 - EXTRADITION
Section 17-9-40. Sheriff and jailer shall surrender fugitive under order of Governor.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 17-9-40 (2017)

Every sheriff or jailer, in whose custody any person committed under this chapter shall be, shall, upon the order of the Governor of this State, surrender such person to the person named in such order for that purpose.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-204; 1952 Code Section 17-204; 1942 Code Section 913; 1932 Code Section 913; Cr. P. '22 Section 7; Cr. C. '12 Section 7; Cr. C. '02 Section 5; G. S. 2620; R. S. 4; 1882 (17) 784.

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