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C.R.S. § 16-19-115

Arrest without warrant

Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act

The act spans §§ 16-19-101 to 16-19-134 (35 sections).

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. When so arrested the accused must be taken before a judge with all practicable speed, and complaint must be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for arrest as in section 16-19-114 ; and thereafter his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.

Digitized from: Public.Law — Colorado Revised Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Colorado statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.