Delaware Code

11 Del. C. § 2514 (2026)

Arrest without warrant

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The arrest of a person 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 1 year, but 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 as in § 2513 of this title, and thereafter the accused’s answer shall be heard as if the accused had been arrested on a warrant.

41 Del. Laws, c. 213, § 14; 11 Del. C. 1953, § 2514; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 85 Del. Laws, c. 72, § 2;

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1969–1969 · leading case: Grano v. State, 257 A.2d 768 (Del. Super. Ct. 1969).

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Grano v. State, 257 A.2d 768 (Del. Super. Ct. 1969). “11 Del.C. §§ 2514, 2515 and 2517. There is in this instance an arrest warrant from Louisiana and a copy of a duly filed Louisiana information in addition to the Governor's Warrant.”

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