Georgia § 17-13-34 Arrest without warrant of a person charged with a crime in another state

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§ 17-13-34 — Arrest without warrant of a person charged with a crime in another state

Georgia § 17-13-34

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O.C.G.A. § 17-13-34 (2026).

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The arrest of a person may be lawfully made by any peace officer or 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 provided in Code Section 17-13-33 ; and thereafter the answer of the accused shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.

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The arrest of a person may be lawfully made by any peace officer or 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 provided in Code Section 17-13-33 ; and thereafter the answer of the accused shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.