Arizona Laws 13-3965. Procedure when bail not given
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If the person arrested is not bailable as of right in respect of the offense set forth in the warrant, or if, on the admission to bail of the person arrested as provided in section 13-3963, bail is not forthwith given, the officer who made the arrest shall take the person arrested before the magistrate who issued the warrant or, if he is absent or unable to act, before the nearest or most accessible magistrate in the same county.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 13-3965
- Act: means a bodily movement. See Arizona Laws 13-105
- 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.
- 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