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A game warden shall, without unnecessary delay, take any | | person so arrested before the District Court nearest the place | | of violation; |
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| | | B.__Serve criminal processes on offenders of the law and | | serve all processes pertaining to the enforcement of this | | Part; |
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| | | C.__Accept personal recognizances in accordance with the | | following procedures: |
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| | | (1)__A game warden making an arrest for any violation | | of this Part and Title 38, chapter 3, subchapter 1, | | former article 1-A, at a point more than 50 miles | | distant from the nearest District Court having | | jurisdiction, may accept the personal recognizance of | | the prisoner in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for the | | prisoner's appearance before the nearest District Court | | on a specified date and a deposit in money to the | | amount of that recognizance; and |
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| | | (2)__The warden shall report forthwith all those | | recognizances and forward all those deposits to the | | court to which the recognizance is returnable. |
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| | | Recognizances and deposits must be handled by the court | | in accordance with sections 10202 and 10203; |
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| | | D.__If the warden is in uniform and has reasonable and | | articulable suspicion to believe that a violation of law has | | taken place or is taking place, stop a motor vehicle or | | watercraft for the purpose of: |
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| | | (1)__Arresting the operator for a criminal violation; |
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| | | (2)__Issuing the appropriate written process for a | | criminal or civil violation or a traffic infraction; or |
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| | | (3)__Questioning the operator or occupants; |
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| | | E.__In order to protect fish and wildlife: |
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| | | (1)__If the warden is in uniform, stop a person for the | | purpose of determining compliance with license, permit, | | equipment or other requirements or restrictions if the | | person, at the time of the stop, is: |
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| | | (a)__Engaged in hunting, fishing or trapping; and |
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