Arrest prior to requisition. Whenever any person within this Commonwealth shall be charged on the oath of any credible

SUBCHAPTER C INTER-COUNTY DETENTION Sec. 9161.  Arrest prior to requisition. 9162.  Arrest without a warrant. 9163.  Commitment to await requisition. 9164.  Bail. 9165.  Payment of costs and expenses. Enactment. Subchapter C was added July 11, 1991, P.L.76, No.13, effective immediately. § 9161.  Arrest prior to requisition. Whenever any person within this Commonwealth shall be charged on the oath of any credible person before any judge or issuing authority of this Commonwealth with the commission of any crime in any other county of this Commonwealth, with having fled from justice or having been convicted of a crime in that county and having escaped from confinement or having broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, or whenever complaint shall have been made before any judge or issuing authority in this Commonwealth setting forth on the affidavit of any credible person on information received by way of computer check or other means of electronic communication or upon affidavit of a credible person from the charging county that a crime has been committed in such other county and that the accused has been charged in such county with the commission of the crime and has fled from justice or with having been convicted of a crime in that county and having escaped from confinement or having broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole and is believed to be elsewhere in this Commonwealth, the judge or issuing authority shall issue a warrant directed to any peace officer commanding him to apprehend the person named therein wherever he may be found in this Commonwealth and to bring him before the same or any other judge or issuing authority who or which may be available in, or convenient of, access to the place where the arrest may be made to answer the charge or complaint and affidavit, and a certified copy of the sworn charge or complaint and affidavit upon which the warrant is issued shall be attached to the warrant. Cross References. Section 9161 is referred to in section 9162 of this title.