2022 Delaware Code
Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 59. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
§ 5906. Examination of law-enforcement officer's; warrant of arrest; form.
(a) When complaint is made in due form to a justice of the peace by a law-enforcement officer, alleging that an offense has been committed, the justice shall carefully examine the law-enforcement officer on oath or affirmation and if the justice considers there is probable ground for the accusation, the justice shall issue the law-enforcement officer a warrant.
(b) A warrant of arrest may be in the form prescribed by the Justice of the Peace Court Criminal Rules.
(c) The warrant shall ordinarily be directed to any law-enforcement officer in the county in which the alleged offense was committed, but in case of an emergency the warrant may be directed to any law-enforcement officer in the State.
(d) A copy of the complaint shall be attached to the warrant.
Code 1852, §§ 2023-2025; Code 1915, § 3968; Code 1935, § 4468; 11 Del. C. 1953, § 5910; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 75 Del. Laws, c. 278, §§ 4-6; 83 Del. Laws, c. 481, § 1;
