The arrest of a person may also be lawfully made by any peace officer, without a warrant, upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of any other state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, or that the person has been convicted of a crime punishable in the state of conviction by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year and thereafter escaped from confinement or violated the terms of his or her bail, probation or parole. When so arrested the accused shall be taken before a magistrate with all practicable speed and complaint shall be made against him or her under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in Section 1551.
Cal. Penal Code § 1551.1
Proceedings Against Fugitives From Justice
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 1547–1558 (37 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 541 F. App'x 745 - Foss v. United States Marshals Service (2013)
Most recently applied in 541 F. App'x 745 - Foss v. United States Marshals Service (August 2013)
Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 828, Sec. 104.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.