Alaska Statutes 12.70.120 – Arrest prior to requisition
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 12.70.120
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- peace officer: means
(A) an officer of the state troopers. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060 - person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
When a person within this state is charged on the oath of a credible person before a judge or magistrate of this state with the commission of a crime in another state and, except in cases arising under Alaska Stat. § 12.70.050, with having fled from justice, or with having been convicted of a crime in that state and having escaped from confinement, or having broken the terms of bail, probation, or parole; or whenever complaint is made before a judge or magistrate in this state setting out on the affidavit of a credible person in another state that a crime has been committed in the other state and that the accused has been charged in that state with the commission of the crime and, except in cases arising under Alaska Stat. § 12.70.050, has fled from justice, or with having been convicted of a crime in that state and having escaped from confinement, or having broken the terms of bail, probation, or parole and is believed to be in this state, the judge or magistrate shall issue a warrant directed to a peace officer commanding the officer to apprehend the person named in the warrant, wherever that person may be found in this state, and to bring that person before the same or another judge or magistrate who is available in or convenient of access to the place where the arrest may be made, to answer the charge or complaint and affidavit. A certified copy of the sworn charge or complaint or affidavit upon which the warrant is issued shall be attached to the warrant.