Section 15-9-63

Section 15-9-63Exemption from process in civil actions.

A person brought into this state on extradition based upon a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceeding to answer when he is returned until he has been convicted in the criminal proceeding or, if acquitted, until he has had ample opportunity to return to the state from which he was extradited.

(Acts 1931, No. 482, p. 559; Code 1940, T. 15, §73.)