# Criminal Procedure (GCP)

## Title 9. Extradition

### Subtitle 1

#### Section 9-114

(a) The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any law enforcement officer without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in a court of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year.

(b) When an accused is arrested under subsection (a) of this section:

  (1) the accused must be taken before a judge or District Court commissioner with all practicable speed;

  (2) complaint must be made against the accused under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in Sec. 9-113 of this title; and

  (3) thereafter, the answer of the accused shall be heard as if the accused had been arrested on a warrant.

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Md. Code Ann., Crim. Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)