{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-548.141","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 548.141","heading":"Arrest without a warrant.","body":"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 imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, but when so arrested the accused must be taken before a judge or associate circuit judge with all practicable speed and complaint must be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in section 548.131; and thereafter his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.","path":["Title XXXVII - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","Chapter 548 - Extradition"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=548.141","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"fe79d23de551a883a73137a138904e787988eb24352c712cfb83d7f64b421623","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-548.131","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-548.151"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}