HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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PROCEEDING TO HAVE HIM ADJUDICATED A DELINQUENT JUVENILE FOR
AN ACT COMMITTED IN SUCH STATE, OR IF HE IS SUSPECTED OF
HAVING COMMITTED WITHIN SUCH STATE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE OR AN
ACT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, HE SHALL NOT BE RETURNED
WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF SUCH STATE UNTIL DISCHARGED FROM
PROSECUTION OR OTHER FORM OF PROCEEDING, IMPRISONMENT,
DETENTION OR SUPERVISION FOR SUCH OFFENSE OR JUVENILE
DELINQUENCY. THE DULY ACCREDITED OFFICERS OF ANY STATE
PARTY TO THIS COMPACT, UPON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THEIR
AUTHORITY AND THE IDENTITY OF THE JUVENILE BEING RETURNED,
SHALL BE PERMITTED TO TRANSPORT SUCH JUVENILE THROUGH ANY
AND ALL STATES PARTY TO THIS COMPACT, WITHOUT INTERFERENCE.
UPON HIS RETURN TO THE STATE FROM WHICH HE RAN AWAY, THE
JUVENILE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO SUCH FURTHER PROCEEDINGS AS MAY
BE APPROPRIATE UNDER THE LAWS OF THAT STATE.

(B)   THAT THE STATE TO WHICH A JUVENILE IS RETURNED
UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF THE
TRANSPORTATION COSTS OF SUCH RETURN.

(C)   THAT "JUVENILE" AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE MEANS ANY
PERSON WHO IS A MINOR UNDER THE LAW OF THE STATE OF
RESIDENCE OF THE PARENT, GUARDIAN, PERSON OR AGENCY ENTITLED
TO THE LEGAL CUSTODY OF SUCH MINOR.

ARTICLE V--RETURN OF ESCAPEES AND ABSCONDERS

(A) THAT THE APPROPRIATE PERSON OR AUTHORITY FROM
WHOSE PROBATION OR PAROLE SUPERVISION A DELINQUENT JUVENILE
HAS ABSCONDED OR FROM WHOSE INSTITUTIONAL CUSTODY HE HAS
ESCAPED SHALL PRESENT TO THE APPROPRIATE COURT OR TO THE
EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE WHERE THE DELINQUENT
JUVENILE IS ALLEGED TO BE LOCATED, A WRITTEN REQUISITION FOR
THE RETURN OF SUCH DELINQUENT JUVENILE. SUCH REQUISITION
SHALL STATE THE NAME AND AGE OF THE DELINQUENT JUVENILE, THE
PARTICULARS OF HIS ADJUDICATION AS A DELINQUENT JUVENILE,
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BREACH OF THE TERMS OF HIS
PROBATION OR PAROLE OR OF HIS ESCAPE FROM AN INSTITUTION OR
AGENCY VESTED WITH HIS LEGAL CUSTODY OR SUPERVISION, AND THE
LOCATION OF SUCH DELINQUENT JUVENILE, IF KNOWN, AT THE TIME
THE REQUISITION IS MADE. THE REQUISITION SHALL BE VERIFIED
BY AFFIDAVIT, SHALL BE EXECUTED IN DUPLICATE, AND SHALL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY TWO CERTIFIED COPIES OF THE JUDGMENT, FORMAL
ADJUDICATION, OR ORDER OF COMMITMENT WHICH SUBJECTS SUCH
DELINQUENT JUVENILE TO PROBATION OR PAROLE OR TO THE LEGAL
CUSTODY OF THE INSTITUTION OR AGENCY CONCERNED. SUCH
FURTHER AFFIDAVITS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AS MAY BE DEEMED
PROPER MAY BE SUBMITTED WITH SUCH REQUISITION. ONE COPY OF
THE REQUISITION SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMPACT
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DEMANDING STATE, THERE TO REMAIN ON
FILE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF LAW GOVERNING RECORDS OF
THE APPROPRIATE COURT. UPON THE RECEIPT OF A REQUISITION
DEMANDING THE RETURN OF A DELINQUENT JUVENILE WHO HAS
ABSCONDED OR ESCAPED, THE COURT OR THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY
TO WHOM THE REQUISITION IS ADDRESSED SHALL ISSUE AN ORDER TO