Section 12.70.130. Arrest without warrant.  


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  • The arrest of a person may also be lawfully made by a peace officer or a private person without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of another state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, but when arrested the accused must be taken before a judge or magistrate without unnecessary delay and, in any event, within 48 hours after arrest, including Sundays and holidays, and complaint shall be made against the accused under oath setting out the ground for the arrest as in AS 12.70.120. Thereafter the answer of the accused shall be heard as if the accused had been arrested on a warrant.

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SB 91 OMNIBUS CRIM LAW & PROCEDURE; CORRECTIONS
History

(Sec. 11.14 ch 34 SLA 1962; am Sec. 3 ch 24 SLA 1966; am Sec. 3 ch 12 SLA 1986; am Sec. 19 ch 20 SLA 2011)