21-1802. Procedure upon arrest of person about to commit offense; inquiry; bond of accused. Any judge having power to issue warrants in criminal cases, to whom it shall be made to appear by affidavit or complaint that there is reasonable ground to believe that any offense specified in K.S.A. 21-1801 is about to be committed within the jurisdiction of such judge, or by any person or persons being within such jurisdiction, shall issue a warrant to the sheriff, marshal or other proper officer for the arrest of the person or persons about to commit such offense. Upon any person or persons being arrested and brought before such judge by virtue of such warrant, such judge shall inquire into the matter, and if it appears that there is reasonable ground to believe that the person or persons so arrested are about to commit any offense defined in K.S.A. 21-1801, the person or persons so arrested shall be required to give a bond to the state of Kansas in a sum not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), with good and sufficient surety, conditioned that the person or persons so arrested will not, for one (1) year thereafter, commit any such offense.
History: L. 1901, ch. 274, § 2; R.S. 1923, 21-1802; L. 1974, ch. 446, § 8; July 1.
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