Section 570.32. Arrest of accused before making of requisition  


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  • Whenever  any person within this state shall be charged on the oath of
      any credible person before any local criminal court of this  state  with
      the  commission  of  any  crime  in any other state and, except in cases
      arising under section 570.14 or 570.16, 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  his  bail,
      probation  or parole, or, whenever complaint shall have been made before
      any local criminal court in this state setting forth on the affidavit of
      any credible person in another state that a crime has been committed  in
      such  other  state  and  that the accused has been charged in such other
      state with the commission of the crime, and,  except  in  cases  arising
      under  section  570.14  or 570.16, 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 his bail, probation or parole
      and is believed to be in this state,  the  local  criminal  court  shall
      issue  a  warrant  directed  to  any  police  officer  directing  him to
      apprehend the person named therein, wherever he may  be  found  in  this
      state,  and  to  bring  him  before the same or any other local criminal
      court which may be available in or convenient of  access  to  the  place
      where  the  arrest  may  be  made, to answer the charge or complaint and
      affidavit, and a certified copy of the sworn  charge  or  complaint  and
      affidavit  upon  which  the  warrant is issued shall be attached to such
      warrant.