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.
S.D. Codified Laws § 23-24-16
Arrest without a warrant
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 23–23 (38 sections).
Source: SDC 1939, § 34.1713; SL 1953, ch 200, § 14; SL 2015, ch 138, § 1.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.