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Chapter 243
Section 243.58
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- 2023 243.58 Amended 2023 c 52 art 11 s 16
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243.58 ESCAPED INMATES; WARRANT; REWARD.
If an inmate escapes from any state correctional facility under the control of the
commissioner of corrections, the commissioner shall issue a warrant directed to any peace officer
requiring that the fugitive be taken into immediate custody and returned to any state correctional
facility designated by the commissioner. The chief executive officer of the facility from which
the escape occurred shall use all proper means to apprehend and return the escapee, which
may include the offer of a reward of not more than $100 to be paid from the state treasury, for
information leading to the arrest and return to custody of the escapee.
History: (10806) RL s 5443; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1981 c 192 s 17; 1983 c 264 s 7
If an inmate escapes from any state correctional facility under the control of the
commissioner of corrections, the commissioner shall issue a warrant directed to any peace officer
requiring that the fugitive be taken into immediate custody and returned to any state correctional
facility designated by the commissioner. The chief executive officer of the facility from which
the escape occurred shall use all proper means to apprehend and return the escapee, which
may include the offer of a reward of not more than $100 to be paid from the state treasury, for
information leading to the arrest and return to custody of the escapee.
History: (10806) RL s 5443; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1981 c 192 s 17; 1983 c 264 s 7
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