46-30-301. Arrest of accused without warrant, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 30. UNIFORM CRIMINAL EXTRADITION ACT

Part 3. Procedure for Arresting Accused Without Warrant

Arrest Of Accused Without Warrant

46-30-301. Arrest of accused without warrant. The arrest of a person may also be lawfully made 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 of 1 year or more. When arrested under this section, the accused must be taken before a judge or magistrate with all practicable speed and complaint must be made against the accused under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as provided in 46-30-227. After the complaint is made, the accused's answer must be heard as if the accused had been arrested on a warrant.

History: En. 95-3114 by Sec. 14, Ch. 513, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 95-3114; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 79, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 379, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1784, Ch. 56, L. 2009.