Maine statute
15 M.R.S. § 214 — Arrest without warrant; hearing
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Subchapter 3: Arrest and Proceedings Prior to Issuance of Governor's Warrant, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 214
Statutory text current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the Maine Revised Statutes from the Revisor of Statutes' official published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Maine and has not been certified by the Secretary of State.
The arrest of a person may be lawfully made by an 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 the accused under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in section 213. Thereafter the accused's answer must be heard as if the accused had been arrested on a warrant.
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