Arizona statute
A.R.S. § 13-3854 — Arrest without a warrant
Current through 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)
Part of Article 5: Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Full text of A.R.S. § 13-3854
Statutory text current through the 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text published by the Arizona Legislature (Arizona Legislative Council compilation, azleg.gov); it is not the official statutes of the State of Arizona.
The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or a private citizen 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 so arrested the accused must be taken before a judge or magistrate with all practicable speed and complaint must be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in section 13-3853, and thereafter his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.
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