{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-160-22","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2A:160-22","heading":"Arrest of accused without 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 1 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 section 2A:160-21 of this title;  and thereafter his answer shall be heard  as if he had been arrested on a warrant.\nL.1951 (1st SS), c.344.","path":["TITLE 2A ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"f20b568abf0aebc4236b49bcb6ec231217c17d0030d2f2a593a6c85ae0bebb1a","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-160-21","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-160-23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}