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.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 548.141
Arrest without a warrant
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Law
The act spans §§ 548–548 (31 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1953; (L. 1953 p. 425 § 14)
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.