TITLE LIX
PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

CHAPTER 594
ARRESTS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Release or Detention

Section 594:19-a

    594:19-a Detention of Person Arrested; With Warrant; Without Warrant. –
I. Every officer making an arrest or holding a person in custody under a warrant shall take the accused to the court as directed in the warrant without unreasonable delay.
II. An officer arresting a person without a warrant shall without unreasonable delay take such person to the court to answer a complaint for the offense.

Source. 1965, 158:1. 1998, 297:6, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.