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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-8A-14.1" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="8A" subtitle_name="Juvenile Causes -- Children Other Than Cinas and Adults">
  <level label="a">
    <text>After an inquiry conducted in accordance with § 3–8A–10 of this subtitle, an intake officer may file with the court an application for an arrest warrant prepared by a law enforcement officer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An application for an arrest warrant under this section shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>In writing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Signed and sworn to by the law enforcement officer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Accompanied by an affidavit that sets forth the basis for there being probable cause to believe that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The child who is the subject of the warrant has committed a delinquent act; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Unless the child who is the subject of the warrant is taken into custody, the child:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Is likely to leave the jurisdiction of the court;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>May not be apprehended;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>May cause physical injury or property damage to another; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>May tamper with, dispose of, or destroy evidence.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An arrest warrant requested under subsection (a) of this section may only be issued by the court on a finding of probable cause and shall direct the law enforcement officer to take immediate custody of the child.</text>
  </level>
</section>
