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South Dakota · Through 2026-08-31 · Newer source version available

SDCL § 23-24-16: Arrest without a warrant.

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  1. TITLE 23. LAW ENFORCEMENT
  2. CHAPTER 23-24. EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS

The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or a private person, without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or incarceration for a term one year or greater, 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 § 23-24-15; and thereafter the accused's answer shall be heard as if the accused had been arrested on a warrant.

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