{"data":{"id":"us-de/11-del.-c.-5906","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"11 Del. C. § 5906","heading":"Examination of law-enforcement officer’s warrant of arrest; form.","body":"(a) When complaint is made in due form to a justice of the peace by a law-enforcement officer, alleging that an offense has been committed, the justice shall carefully examine the law-enforcement officer on oath or affirmation and if the justice considers there is probable ground for the accusation, the justice shall issue the law-enforcement officer a warrant.\n(b) A warrant of arrest may be in the form prescribed by the Justice of the Peace Court Criminal Rules.\n(c) The warrant shall ordinarily be directed to any law-enforcement officer in the county in which the alleged offense was committed, but in case of an emergency the warrant may be directed to any law-enforcement officer in the State.\n(d) A copy of the complaint shall be attached to the warrant.","path":["Title 11. Crimes and Criminal Procedure","Procedure in Particular Courts","CHAPTER 59. Justices of the Peace"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title11/c059/index.html#5906","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:14Z","sha256":"9ee7d61a292d197d7cc1abf59be37879a7fbdbf129790bb3a1900ac4e916c018","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/11-del.-c.-5904-5905","next":"us-de/11-del.-c.-5907"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}