Ky. Rev. Stat. § 440.280
Current through Acts Received April 24, 2024
The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or a private person, 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 one (1) year, but when so arrested the accused must be taken before a judge with all practicable speed and complaint must be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in the preceding section; and thereafter his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.
KRS 440.280
Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 135, sec. 15, effective6/16/1960.