(a) Time served is deemed to begin on the day sentence is imposed, not on the day a prisoner is received by the Division of Correction. It shall continue only during the time in which a prisoner is actually confined in a county jail or other local place of lawful confinement or while under the custody and supervision of the division. (b) When the sentencing judge imposes sentence, he or she is to direct that the time already served by the defendant in jail or other place of detention is to be credited against the defendant. Amended by Act 2021, No. 475,§ 21, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 911, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1968 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 50, § 34; A.S.A. 1947, § 43-2813; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 440. (a) Time served is deemed to begin on the day sentence is imposed, not on the day a prisoner is received by the Division of Correction. It shall continue only during the time in which a prisoner is actually confined in a county jail or other local place of lawful confinement or while under the custody and supervision of the division. (b) When the sentencing judge imposes sentence, he or she is to direct that the time already served by the defendant in jail or other place of detention is to be credited against the defendant. Amended by Act 2021, No. 475,§ 21, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 911, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1968 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 50, § 34; A.S.A. 1947, § 43-2813; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 440. (a) Time served is deemed to begin on the day sentence is imposed, not on the day a prisoner is received by the Division of Correction. It shall continue only during the time in which a prisoner is actually confined in a county jail or other local place of lawful confinement or while under the custody and supervision of the division. (b) When the sentencing judge imposes sentence, he or she is to direct that the time already served by the defendant in jail or other place of detention is to be credited against the defendant. Amended by Act 2021, No. 475,§ 21, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 911, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1968 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 50, § 34; A.S.A. 1947, § 43-2813; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 440. (a) Time served is deemed to begin on the day sentence is imposed, not on the day a prisoner is received by the Division of Correction. It shall continue only during the time in which a prisoner is actually confined in a county jail or other local place of lawful confinement or while under the custody and supervision of the division. (b) When the sentencing judge imposes sentence, he or she is to direct that the time already served by the defendant in jail or other place of detention is to be credited against the defendant. Acts 1968 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 50, § 34; A.S.A. 1947, § 43-2813; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 440.
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