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Delaware · Through 2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424) · Newer source version available

11 Del. C. § 2514: Arrest without warrant.

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  1. Title 11. Crimes and Criminal Procedure
  2. Criminal Procedure Generally
  3. CHAPTER 25. Extradition and Detainers
  4. Subchapter I. Extradition; Uniform Criminal Extradition Law

The arrest of a person may be lawfully made by any peace officer, without a warrant, upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year, but when so arrested the accused shall be taken before a judge or justice of the peace with all practicable speed and complaint shall be made against the accused under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in § 2513 of this title, and thereafter the accused’s answer shall be heard as if the accused had been arrested on a warrant.

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