Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Operations Manual

Chapter 7 – Adult Case Records Information

Article 7 – Extraditions

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72050.4.1 Documents

  • When the parole violator or escapee refuses to waive extradition, a number of documents must be supplied to initiate a Governor’s warrant for their return to California.

  • When returning inmates from outside the state, the following documents shall be supplied to the Interstate Unit which shall prepare the package for the Governor’s warrant:

    • Four certified copies by case records staff of each of the information(s)/complaint(s), indictment(s), and Judgment(s)/ commitment(s). Each document must bear two of the following thereon:

    • Signature of the county clerk.

    • Signature of the judge.

    • County seal.

  • Each document must also be certified by case records staff as a true and correct copy of the original in the C-File.

    • Four exemplified (by the Superior Court) copies of each of the information(s)/complaint(s), indictment(s), Judgment(s)/ commitment(s) pursuant to PCPenal Code 1207. Each must be signed by the duly elected county clerk and by the judge of the Superior Court of the county of commitment. Exception: The State of Florida requires an affidavit by the judge stating the judgment and sentence against the individual.

    • Four copies of an affidavit executed under penalty of perjury by the CCRMCorrectional Case Records Manager to certify the records covering the inmate’s commitment, subsequent actions by the parole board, subsequent transfers between institutions, assignment to camp, if any, and circumstances of escape.

    • Four copies of fingerprints, pictures, and description.

    • Statement of where and by whom the fugitive is being held and the means by which the institution has been notified of such facts.

  • Parole Violators Additional documentation

    • The extradition package for the return of a parole violator must include documentation that the parolee is still subject to the jurisdiction of the paroling authority. Therefore, certificates of term fixing actions from the date the parolee was originally received by the Department shall be included.