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Iowa Code § 820.14

Arrest without warrant

Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act

The act spans §§ 820–820 (29 sections).

[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §759.14; C79, 81, §820.14] 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §90

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 magistrate with all practicable speed and complaint must be made against the accused under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in section 820.13; and thereafter the accused’s answer shall be heard as if the accused had been arrested on a warrant.

Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.