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2004 SESSION

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HB 1073 Arrest; issuance of warrant, execution.

Introduced by: Ward L. Armstrong | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Arrest outside county or city where charge is to be tried. Expands arrest jurisdiction of a law-enforcement officer to provide that he may execute anywhere in the Commonwealth a capias or warrant issued by a judicial officer from his jurisdiction. Under current law, a law-enforcement officer may execute within his jurisdiction a warrant, capias or summons issued anywhere in the Commonwealth.


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