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8 GCA § 140.40

Request for Rendition

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 8 — Criminal Procedure
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(a)Subject to Subsections

(b)and (c), Guam may grant a written request by an issuing authority of another state for the rendition of a person in Guam.

(b)The request may be refused if the requested person is: COL120106 CH. 140 EXTRADITION 1. Being prosecuted or is imprisoned in Guam for a criminal offense; 2. The subject of a pending proceeding in the juvenile court brought for the purpose of adjudicating the person to be a delinquent; or 3. In the custody of the Department of Youth Affairs pursuant to an order of disposition of the juvenile court as a delinquent child; or 4. Under the supervision of the juvenile court pursuant to informal adjustment or an order of disposition of the court.

(c)The request must allege that the person: 1. Is charged with a crime punishable in the requesting state by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one

(1)year in the requesting state; or 2. Having been charged with or convicted of a crime in the requesting state, has escaped or violated any term of bail, probation, parole, or an order arising out of a criminal proceeding in the requesting state.

(d)Upon application of the Attorney General of Guam, an issuing authority may request rendition of a person from another state and may comply with requirements of that state for the granting of the request. A corrections official who is also an issuing authority may request rendition from another state of a person described in Subsection (c)(2), and subject to the jurisdiction of the correction official.

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.