(a) 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 such attorney’s written application for a requisition for the return of the person charged, in which application shall be stated the name of the person so charged, the crime charged against the person, the approximate time, place and circumstances of its commission and the state in which the person is believed to be, including the location of the accused therein, at the time the application is made. Such application shall certify that, in the opinion of the prosecuting attorney the ends of justice require the arrest and return of the accused to this state for trial and that the proceeding is not instituted to enforce a private claim.

(b) 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 such person’s bail, probation, assignment to a community correctional services program, postrelease supervision or parole or is under sentence, some portion of which remains unexecuted, from which such person has not been paroled, placed on postrelease supervision discharged or otherwise released, the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the offense was committed, the secretary of corrections, the director of the institution from which escape was made or the sheriff of the county from which escape was made shall present to the governor a written application for a requisition for the return of such person, in which application shall be stated the name of the person, the crime of which the person was convicted, the circumstances of the person’s escape from confinement or other removal from the custody of this state or of the breach of the terms of such person’s bail, probation, assignment to a community correctional services program, postrelease supervision or parole and the state in which the person is believed to be, including the location of the person therein, at the time application is made.

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 22-2723

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

(c) The application shall be verified by affidavit, shall be executed in triplicate and shall be accompanied by three certified copies of the indictment returned, or of information and affidavit filed, or of the complaint made to the judge or magistrate, stating the offense with which the accused is charged, or of the judgment of conviction or of the sentence.

The applicant may also attach such further affidavits and other documents in triplicate as the applicant considers proper to be submitted with such application. One copy of the application, with the action of the governor indicated by endorsement thereon, and one of the certified copies of the indictment, complaint, information, and affidavits, or of the judgment of conviction or of the sentence shall be filed in the office of the governor’s pardon attorney to remain of record in that office. The other copies of all papers shall be forwarded with the governor’s requisition.