Missouri § 548.141 Arrest without a warrant.

Missouri Statutes

§ 548.141 — Arrest without a warrant.

Missouri § 548.141

Title XXXVIICRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Ch. 548Extradition

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 548.141 (2026).

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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 associate circuit judge with all practicable speed and complaint must be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in section 548.131 ; and thereafter his answer 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 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 associate circuit judge with all practicable speed and complaint must be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in section 548.131 ; and thereafter his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.