{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-734","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-734","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 magistrate with all practicable speed, and complaint must be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in G.S. 15A-733; and thereafter his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant. (1937, c. 273, s. 14; 1973, c. 1286, s. 16.)","path":["Chapter 15A. Criminal Procedure Act.","SUBCHAPTER VII. SPEEDY TRIAL; ATTENDANCE OF DEFENDANTS.","Article 37. Uniform Criminal Extradition Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-734.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:42Z","sha256":"808873205183e4606d5a5f21cf4bebe43b56fb9cd1e2f5d2e5ef0dc207fa1a30","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-733","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-735"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}