Signed by Governor Matt Meyer

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits private individuals from arresting someone accused of a felony in another state without a warrant in Delaware.

Highlights:

• Specifies that the arrest of an individual may be lawfully made by any peace officer, 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 (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that when so arrested the accused shall be taken before a judge or justice of the peace with all practicable speed and complaint shall be made against the accused under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest and thereafter the accused’s answer shall be heard as if the accused had been arrested on a warrant (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits private individuals from arresting someone accused of a felony in another state without a warrant in Delaware.

Highlights:

• Specifies that the arrest of an individual may be lawfully made by any peace officer, 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 (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that when so arrested the accused shall be taken before a judge or justice of the peace with all practicable speed and complaint shall be made against the accused under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest and thereafter the accused’s answer shall be heard as if the accused had been arrested on a warrant (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text