TITLE 19

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 5

COMPLAINT AND WARRANT OF ARREST

19-501.  Definition of complaint. The complaint is the allegation in writing, made to a magistrate, that a person has been guilty of some designated public offense.

History:

[(19-501) Cr. Prac. 1864, sec. 99, p. 226; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 7509; C.S., sec. 8706; I.C.A., sec. 19-501; am. 1969, ch. 79, sec. 1, p. 230.]