Wyoming § 7-3-214 - Authority to arrest person without warrant.
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§ 7-3-214. Authority to arrest person without warrant.
The arrest of a person may be lawfully made by an officer or a private citizen without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused is charged in the courts of another state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one (1) year. When arrested under this section the accused shall be taken before a judge or magistrate as soon as possible and complaint shall be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in W.S. 7-3-213. Thereafter his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.
Source: official Wyoming text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 7-3-214 ("Authority to arrest person without warrant.") is part of the Wyoming Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of Wyoming. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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