How long can a county hold an inmate before they extradite them?

Answer 1

It depends, If the inmate is fighting extradition and is going to make the demanding state get a gov. warrent They have 30 days. and then they file for another 60 day ext. a total of 90 days.

If the inmate signs a extradition waiver, the demanding state has 10 days to make arrangements to pick up. and up to 30 to pick them up. If the demanding state does not make arrangement in 10 days of pick up in 30 the inmate is released. Sometimes the demanding state will make arrangements within the 10 days and then not pick them up and the inmate is there for 30 days from the time he signs the waiver. The days before the waiver is signed do not count.

Here is the actual statue that says nothing about 10 days, just an FYI:

§ 2963.13. Fugitive to be confined pending requisition.

If from the examination before the judge or magistrate it appears that the person held under section 2963.11 or 2963.12 of the Revised Code is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and that he has fled from justice, the judge or magistrate must, by a warrant reciting the accusation, commit him to the county jail for such a time, not to exceed thirty days and specified in the warrant, as will enable the arrest of the accused to be made under a warrant of the governor on a requisition of the executive authority of the state having jurisdiction of the offense, unless the accused furnishes bail or until he is legally discharged.

HISTORY: GC § 109-15; 117 v 588, § 15; Bureau of Code Revision. Eff 10-1-53.

Answer 2

EXTRADITION does NOT apply to counties within the same state. Extradition only applies to moving arrestees from state-to-state. Counties do "courtesy holds" due to outstanding in-state warrants. If the outher county does not come for you, maybe you are being held on some offense in the county that apprehended you? If you are held for more than 72 hours file a writ of Habeus Corpus.

Answer 3

For as long as it takes the other state to come and get them. There is no statutory limitation on the amount of time this has to take. The administrative and legal aspects of lawfully removing a prisoner from one state to another take time. If they are still held awaiting extradition after 60-90 days they should file a Writ of of Habeus Corpus to learn where the process stands.