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KSA 022-029-0001 – Appearance before the magistrate | Kansas Law

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KSA 022-029-0001 – Appearance before the magistrate

Kansas Statutes Annotated § KSA 022-029-0001

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22-2901.Appearance before the magistrate.(1) Except as provided in subsection (7), when an arrest is made in the county where the crime charged is alleged to have been committed, the person arrested shall be taken without unnecessary delay before a magistrate of the court from which the warrant was issued. If the arrest has been made on probable cause, without a warrant, he shall be taken without unnecessary delay before the nearest available magistrate and a complaint shall be filed forthwith.

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