§ 570.54 Application for issuance of requisition; by whom made;\n contents.\n 1. When the return to this state of a person charged with crime in\nthis state is required, the district attorney of the county in which the\noffense was committed, or, if the offense is one which is cognizable by\nhim or her, the attorney general shall present to the governor his or\nher written application for a requisition for the return of the person\ncharged, in which application shall be stated the name of the person so\ncharged, the crime charged against him or her, the approximate time,\nplace and circumstances of its commission, the state in which he or she\nis believed to be, including the location of the accused therein at the\ntime the application is made and certifying that, in the opinion of the\nsaid district attorney or attorney general the ends of justice require\nthe arrest and return of the accused to this state for trial and that\nthe proceeding is not instituted to enforce a private claim.\n 2. When there is required the return to this state of a person who has\nbeen convicted of a crime in this state and has escaped from confinement\nor broken the terms of his or her bail, probation or parole, the\ndistrict attorney of the county in which the offense was committed, the\nwarden of the institution or sheriff of the county, from which escape\nwas made, or the commissioner of the state department of corrections and\ncommunity supervision or his or her designee shall present to the\ngovernor a written application for a requisition for the return of such\nperson, in which application shall be stated the name of the person, the\ncrime of which he or she was convicted, the circumstances of his or her\nescape from confinement or of the breach of the terms of his or her\nbail, probation or parole, the state in which he or she is believed to\nbe, including the location of the person therein at the time the\napplication is made.\n 3. The application shall be verified by affidavit, shall be executed\nin duplicate and shall be accompanied by two certified copies of the\naccusatory instrument stating the offense with which the accused is\ncharged, or of the judgment of conviction or of the sentence. The\ndistrict attorney, attorney general, warden, sheriff or the commissioner\nof the state department of corrections and community supervision or his\nor her designee may also attach such further affidavits and other\ndocuments in duplicate as he or she shall deem proper to be submitted\nwith such application. One copy of the application, with the action of\nthe governor indicated by endorsement thereon, and one of the certified\ncopies of the accusatory instrument, or of the judgment of conviction or\nthe sentence shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state to\nremain of record in that office. The other copies of all papers shall be\nforwarded with the governor's requisition.\n
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