HB 2726: Magistrates; power to issue arrest warrants.

Summary

Power of magistrates to issue arrest warrants. Prohibits a magistrate from issuing an arrest warrant for an offense upon the basis of a complaint by a person other than a law-enforcement officer or an animal control officer without prior authorization by the attorney for the Commonwealth or by a law-enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the alleged offense. Current law places such prohibition only on felony offenses.

Latest recorded action

Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)

Jan 24, 2025

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