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5.7.1 Arrest of a Supervised Person Who Fails to Return to the Sending State as Ordered

Chapter 5.7.1
Effective April 1, 2026

     ICAOS Rules 4.111(e) and 5.103(c) require the sending state to issue a warrant when a supervised individual fails to return to the sending state as ordered. The warrant must be issued within fifteen (15) business days after the individual’s failure to appear. Although the rules do not expressly define such an individual as an “absconder,” the failure to return as directed is treated procedurally in a manner similar to absconding for purposes of warrant issuance and retaking.

     It should also be noted that the compact does not create a federal due process right requiring the sending state to immediately execute a warrant or conduct revocation proceedings upon issuance. Consistent with longstanding Supreme Court precedent, a supervised individual is not entitled to compel the timing of revocation proceedings until taken into custody under the warrant. See Moody v. Daggett, 429 U.S. 78 (1976).

PRACTICE NOTE

Prohibition of bail ensures that absconders cannot avoid returning to the sending state through local release decisions. Because ICAOS warrants are nationally executable, permitting bail or release would undermine the compact’s authority and uniform enforcement. The only exception arises under Rule 5.101-1 when new criminal charges are pending in the receiving state, in which case retaking must be deferred until those proceedings are completed or both states consent to the retaking.


 

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