Which statement about arrest warrants is true?

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Which statement about arrest warrants is true?

Arrest warrants give police authority to seize a named person, and their authority ends only when action is taken on the order. The best statement is that the warrant remains in effect until the person is arrested (served) or the magistrate withdraws or recalls it. In other words, its life is tied to execution or cancellation by the judge, not to a fixed calendar date. Why the fixed-time options don’t fit: warrants aren’t issued with a guaranteed expiration after months or a year in the sense of a countdown; they don’t automatically vanish after a set period. The important point is that the warrant continues to authorize arrest until someone actually serves it, or the issuing authority cancels it.

Arrest warrants give police authority to seize a named person, and their authority ends only when action is taken on the order. The best statement is that the warrant remains in effect until the person is arrested (served) or the magistrate withdraws or recalls it. In other words, its life is tied to execution or cancellation by the judge, not to a fixed calendar date.

Why the fixed-time options don’t fit: warrants aren’t issued with a guaranteed expiration after months or a year in the sense of a countdown; they don’t automatically vanish after a set period. The important point is that the warrant continues to authorize arrest until someone actually serves it, or the issuing authority cancels it.

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