Montana Title 46. Criminal Procedure § 46-30-101. Definitions

(1) “executive authority” includes the governor and any person performing the functions of governor in a state other than this state or the presiding officer of a federally recognized Indian tribe within the United States;

(2) “governor” includes any person performing the functions of governor by authority of the law of this state;

(3) “governor's warrant of arrest and rendition” refers to the warrant issued by the governor authorizing the extradition of the person to another state;

(4) “requisition” refers to the formal, written extradition demand in the form of a warrant issued by the governor or by the executive authority of a demanding state;

(5) “state”, when referring to a state other than this state, includes any other state or territory, organized or unorganized, of the United States of America or an Indian reservation within the United States;

(6) “waiver of extradition” means a written agreement stipulating the person's consent to be transported to a demanding state through a voluntary waiver of the person's right to provisions relating to bail, the issuance and service of the governor's warrant of arrest and rendition, and the right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus.