South Dakota § 23-24-16 Arrest without a warrant.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 23-24-16 — Arrest without a warrant.

South Dakota § 23-24-16

Title 23LAW ENFORCEMENT

Ch. 23-23EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS

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S.D. Codified Laws § 23-24-16 (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 incarceration for a term one year or greater, but when so arrested 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 in § 23-24-15 ; and thereafter the accused's answer shall be heard as if the accused 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 incarceration for a term one year or greater, but when so arrested 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 in § 23-24-15 ; and thereafter the accused's answer shall be heard as if the accused had been arrested on a warrant.