§ 8-404. Agreement -- Definitions  


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    Article II
     

    (a) In general. -- As used in this Agreement the following words have the meanings indicated.

    (b) Receiving state. -- "Receiving state" means the state in which trial is to be had on an indictment, information, or complaint pursuant to § 8-405 or § 8-406 of this subtitle (Article III or IV of the Agreement).

    (c) Sending state. -- "Sending state" means a state in which a prisoner is incarcerated at the time that the prisoner initiates a request for final disposition pursuant to § 8-405 of this subtitle (Article III of the Agreement) or at the time that a request for custody or availability is initiated pursuant to § 8-406 of this subtitle (Article IV of the Agreement).

    (d) State. -- "State" means a state of the United States, the United States of America, a territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 616C; 1999, ch. 54, § 2.