Art. IV, § 2

Privileges and immunities; extradition

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1 The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all of Citizens in the several States.

2 A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.

3 No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.

Note (Government Publishing Office): This clause has been affected by amendment XIII.

3 provisions here

1 The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States right
Who holds it
- The Citizens of each State
Who is bound
- The several States
2 A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime duty
Who is bound
- The State in which the Person is found
Conditions
- on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled
3 No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due duty
Who is bound
- The State into which the Person escapes
Changed by
- This clause has been affected by amendment XIII.

Simplified explanation

Citizens of each State are entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States. A person charged with a crime who flees to another State shall be delivered up on demand. Persons held to service escaping into another State shall be delivered up.

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