804.24  Arrests by private persons--disposition of prisoner.

A private citizen who has arrested another for the commission of an offense must, without unnecessary delay, take the arrested person before a magistrate, or deliver the arrested person to a peace officer, who may take the arrested person before a magistrate, but the person making the arrest must also accompany the officer before the magistrate.

Section History: Early form

  [C51, § 2842, 2849; R60, § 4562-4564; C73, § 4214-4216; C97, § 5206; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 13478; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 755.14; C79, 81, § 804.24]

Internal References

  Referred to in § 708.12, 815.8


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