Arrest prior to requisition. Whenever any person within this Commonwealth shall be charged on the oath of any credible
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Section: 9134
Jurisdiction: PA
Bluebook Citation: 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 9134
§ 9134. 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 state, and, except in cases arising under section 9127 (relating
to extradition of persons not present in demanding state at time of commission of
crime) with having fled from justice or with having been convicted of a crime in that
state 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 in another state that a crime has been committed in such other state and that
the accused has been charged in such state with the commission of the crime, and,
except in cases arising under section 9127, has fled from justice or with having been
convicted of a crime in that state and having escaped from confinement or having broken
the terms of his bail, probation or parole and is believed to be 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 9134 is referred to in section 9135 of this title.
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