New York statute
N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 570.34 — Arrest of accused without warrant therefor
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 570: Securing Attendance of Defendants Who Are Outside the State But Within the United States--rendition to Other Jurisdictions of Defendants Within the State--uniform Criminal Extradition Act, New York Criminal Procedure Law.
Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 570.34
Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.
570.34 Arrest of accused without warrant therefor.
The arrest of a person in this state may be lawfully made also by any
police officer or a private person, without a warrant, upon reasonable
information that the accused stands charged in the courts of another
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 local criminal court with all practicable speed and complaint
must be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the
arrest as in the preceding section; and, thereafter, his answers shall
be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.
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