2005 Vermont Code - § 4954. — Arrest without a warrant

§ 4954. Arrest without a 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 stands charged in the courts of another state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year. When so arrested, the accused shall be taken before a superior judge, assistant judge of the superior court, or judge of a district court as soon as may be and complaint shall be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in section 4953 of this title; and thereafter his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative February 1, 1967; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)