643.02 PROCEDURE OF DISTRICT COURT JUDGE IN CHARGE AND DUTY OF
SHERIFF.
When any district court judge shall make an order for the transfer of any prisoner as
provided in section 643.01, the order shall be made in duplicate by the judge, shall recite therein
the name of the court by which the prisoner was sentenced or convicted, the date of sentence or
conviction, the general nature of the offense for which sentenced or convicted, the length of the
original sentence and the length of the sentence still remaining or the sentencing date if known,
and any other facts that will furnish material information regarding the case, and shall direct the
superintendent or other keeper of the workhouse, correctional or work farm, or sheriff or other
keeper of the county jail to safely keep the prisoner at hard labor for the remainder of the original
term of sentence, or until further sentencing proceedings, as stated in the order, unless otherwise
released according to law, or the parole rules and regulations of the workhouse, correctional
or work farm, or county jail. Both of the orders for transfer of the prisoner to the workhouse,
correctional or work farm, or county jail shall be filed forthwith with the sheriff or other keeper of
the jail, or superintendent or other keeper of the workhouse, correctional or work farm and the
sheriff or other keeper of the jail, or superintendent or other keeper of the workhouse, correctional
or work farm shall thereupon retain one of the orders of transfer and shall without delay transfer
and deliver the prisoner named in the order, together with the other of the duplicate orders for the
transfer of the prisoner to the superintendent or other keeper of the workhouse, correctional or
work farm, or sheriff or other keeper of the jail, who shall retain the order and safely keep the
prisoner named therein for the remainder of the sentence at hard labor or until further sentencing
proceedings, as specified in the order, unless otherwise released as hereinbefore provided. The
order for transfer of any prisoner, as hereinbefore mentioned, shall have the same force and effect
as the writ of commitment issued by the court which sentenced the prisoner in the first instance
or as the order for confinement issued by the court in the first instance, and in addition shall be
full authority for the holding and keeping of the prisoner by the superintendent or other keeper
of the workhouse, correctional or work farm, or the sheriff or other keeper of the jail, and for
the prisoner's apprehension by any peace officer in case of the escape of the prisoner from the
workhouse, correctional or work farm, or county jail. On the request of any district court judge of
the district in which the workhouse, correctional or work farm, and county jail are located, the
sheriff of the county, or superintendent, shall without delay furnish a copy to the judge of any
commitment or order in the sheriff's or superintendent's possession.
History: (10908) 1917 c 20 s 2; 1980 c 602 s 16; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 75