§ 3571. Place of commitment When a person authorized to serve process is required by law to commit a person to jail, such commitment shall be in the county where the arrest is made, unless otherwise required by law. If there is not a legal jail in the county, the commitment shall be made in […]
§ 3572. Manner of commitment The officer committing a prisoner shall deliver him or her to the keeper of the jail, within the same, and give the keeper an attested copy of the process on which the commitment is made, with his or her return thereon.
§ 3574. Penalty for not delivering copy An officer who does not within six hours deliver a true copy of the warrant or process by which he or she detains a prisoner, to a person who demands such copy and tenders the fees therefor, shall forfeit to such prisoner $200.00, to be recovered in an […]
§ 3577. Privilege from arrest (a) The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Treasurer, Secretary of State, Auditor of Accounts, Attorney General, and members of the General Assembly and officers and witnesses whose duty it is to attend thereon, in all cases except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest and imprisonment […]
§ 3578. Pleading privilege from arrest (a) When a person is privileged from arrest on execution so informs the officer at the time the arrest is made and claims his or her privilege, the giving of a jail bond shall not be deemed a waiver thereof but the facts shall be sufficient defense to an […]
§ 3579. Detaining public carrier to make arrest; penalties (a) An officer who has a writ of execution or criminal process for the arrest of a person whom he or she has reason to believe is on a public carrier may notify the operator of the carrier thereof. The operator shall thereupon detain the carrier […]
§ 3580. Escapes—Jailer to keep prisoner The keeper of a jail shall safely keep a prisoner committed to his or her custody until discharged from imprisonment.
§ 3581. Liability for escapes Such keeper shall be liable for escapes made from such jail.
§ 3582. County answerable if jail insufficient When an escape is made in consequence of the insufficiency of the jail, without negligence of the keeper, either in keeping the prisoner or repairing the jail, the county shall be answerable to such keeper for the costs and damages he or she sustains in consequence.
§ 3585. Defense and recovery in action on escape In an action for an escape, such keeper may prove the circumstances attending the same and the circumstances and property of the prisoner when he or she escapes. The creditor shall recover only the reasonable damages which he or she sustains in consequence of the escape, […]
