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29-05 The Complaint and Warrant of Arrest

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CHAPTER 29-05THE COMPLAINT AND WARRANT OF ARREST29-05-01. What complaint must state. A complaint must state:1.The name of the person accused, if known, or if not known and it is so stated, that<br>person may be designated by any other name;2.The county in which the offense was committed;3.The general name of the crime or public offense committed;4.The acts or omissions complained of as constituting the crime or public offense<br>named;5.The person against whom, or against whose property, the offense was committed, if<br>known; and6.If the offense is against the property of any person, a general description of such<br>property.The complaint must be subscribed and sworn to by the complainant.29-05-02. Who must make complaint. Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P., Rule 3.29-05-03.Magistrate may examine complainant.Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P.,Rule 3.29-05-04. Accused arrested without warrant. Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P., Rule 5.29-05-05.Witnesses other than complainant.Every person making complaintcharging the commission of a crime or public offense shall inform the magistrate of all persons<br>whom the person believes to have any knowledge of its commission, and the magistrate, at the<br>time of issuing the warrant, may issue subpoenas for such persons, requiring them to attend at a<br>specified time and place as witnesses.29-05-06. When a warrant of arrest to be issued. Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P.,Rule 4.29-05-07. Warrant defined - Form. Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P., Rules 4, 58.29-05-08. Requisites of warrant - Contents. Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P., Rule 4.29-05-09. Direction and execution of warrant. Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P., Rule 4.29-05-10. Peace officer defined. A peace officer is a sheriff of a county or the sheriff'sdeputy, or a coroner, marshal, or policeman of a township or city, or any state or federal law<br>enforcement officer.29-05-11. Duty of officer if offense charged is felony. Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P.,Rule 5.29-05-11.1. Duty of peace officer to enter warrant. A peace officer who receives awarrant for the arrest of a fugitive and does not execute the warrant shall enter the warrant in the<br>central warrant information system. A warrant of arrest for the failure to pay a fine or fee may be<br>entered at the discretion of the peace officer. A criminal justice agency may specify whether the<br>agency will extradite from outside the county or state and the county or state from which the<br>agency will extradite.Page No. 129-05-12. Bail if offense charged is a misdemeanor or infraction. If the offensecharged in a warrant of arrest is a misdemeanor or infraction not within the jurisdiction of the<br>magistrate who issued it to punish, and the accused is arrested in another county, the officer,<br>upon request of the accused, shall take the accused before a magistrate in the county in which<br>the arrest is made, who shall admit the accused to bail and take bail from the accused<br>accordingly. If there is no magistrate residing within the county wherein the accused is arrested,<br>and the accused requires it, the officer shall take the accused before a magistrate of any other<br>county nearer or more accessible than the magistrate issuing the warrant, and said magistrate<br>shall admit the accused to bail and take bail from the accused accordingly.29-05-13.Procedure when bail taken.On taking bail, as is provided in section29-05-12, the magistrate shall certify that fact on the warrant and deliver the warrant and<br>undertaking of bail to the officer having charge of the accused. The officer then shall discharge<br>the accused from arrest and without delay shall deliver the warrant and undertaking to the clerk<br>of the court at which the accused is required to appear.29-05-14. When bail is not given. If, on the admission of an accused to bail, the bail isnot given forthwith, the officer shall take the accused before the magistrate who issued the<br>warrant, or, in case of that magistrate's absence or inability to act, before the nearest or most<br>accessible magistrate in the same county, and at the same time shall deliver to the magistrate<br>the warrant with the officer's return endorsed thereon and subscribed by the officer.29-05-15. Misdemeanor within magistrate's jurisdiction - Procedure. If the offensecharged in a warrant of arrest is within the jurisdiction of the magistrate to try and punish upon<br>conviction, the accused, if arrested in another county, must be taken before the magistrate who<br>issued the warrant, or, if that magistrate is absent, then before some other magistrate, as is<br>provided in section 29-05-14.29-05-16. When complaint sent to magistrate not issuing warrant. If, after an arrest,the accused is taken before a magistrate other than the one who issued the warrant, the<br>complaint on which the warrant was granted must be sent to that magistrate, or if it cannot be<br>procured, the prosecutor and the prosecutor's witnesses must be summoned to give their<br>testimony anew.29-05-17. Requirements of warrant for accused from other county - Complaint toaccompany. Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P., Rule 5.29-05-18. Accused taken to proper county - Delivery of complaint with the accused- Depositions. The officer who executes a warrant for an offense triable in another county shall<br>take the accused before the nearest or most accessible magistrate of the county in which the<br>offense is triable and shall deliver to the magistrate the complaint and the depositions, if any, and<br>the warrant, with the officer's return endorsed thereon, and the magistrate then shall proceed in<br>the same manner as upon a warrant issued by that magistrate.29-05-19.Procedure if offense is misdemeanor.Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P.,Rule 5.29-05-20.Unnecessary delay after arrest prohibited - Attorney visitation.Theaccused in all cases must be taken before a magistrate without unnecessary delay, and any<br>attorney at law entitled to practice in the courts of record of this state, at the attorney's request,<br>may visit such person after that person's arrest.29-05-21. Officer not liable to arrest while in charge of a person arrested. Whilehaving in charge any person arrested in a criminal action or proceeding, neither the officer, nor<br>any of the officer's assistants, is liable to arrest on civil process, and such officer is authorized to<br>require any citizen to aid in securing the accused and to retake the accused, if the accused<br>escapes, in any part of the state, as if the officer were within the officer's own county. A refusal<br>or neglect to render such aid is an offense in the same manner as if the arresting officer were an<br>officer of the county where such aid is required.Page No. 229-05-22.Giving bail deemed waiver of examination.Repealed by S.L. 1973,ch. 252, </p> <BR></DIV><!-- /.col.one --><!-- /.col.two --></DIV><!-- /.col.main --></DIV><!-- /div id = content --> <BR class=clear></DIV> <!-- /div id = livearea --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /.col.one --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /.col.main --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /#content --><BR class=clear> <DIV></DIV><!-- /#livearea --> <!-- Footer--> <DIV id=footer> <DIV class=container> <P class=copyright>Copyright &copy; 2012-2022 Laws9.Com All rights reserved. </P><!-- /.copyright --> <P class=footerlinks><A href="/contactus.html">Contact Us</A> | <A href="/aboutus.html">About Us</A> | <A href="/terms.html">Terms</A> | <A href="/privacy.html">Privacy</A></P><!-- /.footerlinks --> </DIV><!-- /.container --> </DIV><!-- /footer --> </BODY></HTML>