Chapter III · Charging Documents
Rule 9. Return of warrant or summons upon indictment or information issued by another court
An officer executing a warrant issued under Rule 9 of the Superior Court, Court of Common Pleas, or Family Court shall bring the arrested person without unreasonable delay before the nearest available committing magistrate of the county in which the offense is alleged to have been committed or such other committing magistrate as provided by the warrant or by statute, court rule or administrative order. When a defendant arrested with a warrant issued pursuant to this rule is brought before a Justice of the Peace Court, the Justice of the Peace shall hold the defendant to answer in the appropriate court. Bail shall be fixed as endorsed on the warrant or, in the absence thereof, as the Justice of the Peace deems appropriate in the circumstances.