§ 3-413. Confinement of arrestees  


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  •    (a) In general. -- If sufficient facilities are available, the person in charge of a jail or place of detention shall receive and confine an individual arrested by a railroad police officer.

    (b) Status. -- An individual confined under subsection (a) of this section:

       (1) is deemed to be in the custody of the railroad police; and

       (2) has the same status as an individual arrested by any other peace or police officer of the State.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 23, § 261; 2003, ch. 5, § 2.