1. A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, the Probation and Parole Officer shall, upon information sufficient to give the officer reasonable grounds to believe that a probationer has violated the terms or conditions of the sentence of probation, notify the Department. If it is determined that the facts justify revocation action, the Department shall issue a warrant for the arrest of the probationer and the warrant shall have the force and effect of any warrant of arrest issued by a district court in this state. A probationer shall, after arrest, be immediately incarcerated in the nearest county jail or intermediate sanctions facility to await action by the court as to whether the probation will be revoked.
2. B. Any probationer determined to have violated any terms or conditions of probation by the supervising probation officer may, upon approval of the Department of Corrections, be placed by the court in an intermediate sanctions facility for disciplinary sanction and programmatic services in lieu of revocation when revocation is deemed unnecessary for the nature of the violation. Any probationer for whom a warrant for arrest issues as provided in subsection A of this section may, at the discretion of the court, be placed in an intermediate sanctions facility pending or following any action by the court as to revocation of probation or required additional conditions to remain on probation. A probationer may be processed by the Department on an expedited basis through any facility serving such purpose or may be processed directly by the intermediate sanctions facility.

Added by Laws 1967, HB 566, c. 261, § 17, emerg. eff. July 1, 1967; Amended by Laws 1975, HB 1613, c. 366, § 7, eff. October 1, 1975; Amended by Laws 1980, HB 1865, c. 210, § 8, eff. October 1, 1980; Amended by Laws 2002, SB 1336, c. 211, § 3, emerg. eff. July 1, 2002 (superseded document available).