If an arrest is made in this state by an officer of another state in accordance with the provisions of section 13-3832, he shall without unnecessary delay take the person arrested before a magistrate of the county in which the arrest was made, who shall conduct a hearing for the purpose of determining the lawfulness of the arrest. If the magistrate determines that the arrest was lawful he shall commit the person arrested to await for a reasonable time the issuance of an extradition warrant by the governor of this state. If the magistrate determines that the arrest was unlawful he shall discharge the person arrested.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 13-3833

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Conduct: means an act or omission and its accompanying culpable mental state. See Arizona Laws 13-105
  • Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
  • Magistrate: means an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense and includes the chief justice and justices of the supreme court, judges of the superior court, judges of the court of appeals, justices of the peace and judges of a municipal court. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Person: means a human being and, as the context requires, an enterprise, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a firm, a society, a government, a governmental authority or an individual or entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property. See Arizona Laws 13-105
  • State: includes the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 13-3831
  • Unlawful: means contrary to law or, where the context so requires, not allowed by law. See Arizona Laws 13-105
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