{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-criminal-procedure-law-570.34","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 570.34","heading":"Arrest of accused without warrant therefor","body":"§ 570.34  Arrest of accused without warrant therefor.\n  The arrest of a person in this state may be lawfully made also by any\npolice officer or a private person, without a warrant, upon reasonable\ninformation that the accused stands charged in the courts of another\nstate with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term\nexceeding one year; but when so arrested the accused must be taken\nbefore a local criminal court with all practicable speed and complaint\nmust be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the\narrest as in the preceding section; and, thereafter, his answers shall\nbe heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.","path":["Criminal Procedure Law","Part 3. Special Proceedings and Miscellaneous Procedures","Title Q. Procedures For Securing Attendance At Criminal Actions and Proceedings of Defendants Not Securable By Conventional Means--and Related Matters","Article 570. Securing Attendance of Defendants Who Are Outside the State But Within the United States--rendition to Other Jurisdictions of Defendants Within the State--uniform Criminal Extradition Act"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CPL/570.34","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"e5c2daa58ffd73b14977103aef75e36fe2102ed67b5b0883309441ce5b80c1cc","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-criminal-procedure-law-570.32","next":"us-ny/n.y.-criminal-procedure-law-570.36"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}