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In houston, tx I believe no longer than 2 weeks...
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There is no hard rule. You can only be detained if the officer has an articulable suspicion that you have engaged in criminal conduct, and he can only detain you long enough to reasonably investigate. This time frame will almost always be less than 24 hours. Note that the police can't hold you while they investigate other leads. The detention must be directly related to the investigation (e.g. questioning you). If the detention lasts more than 24 hours, it will usually convert to an arrest. If this happens and the police do not have probable cause, they have violated your civil rights. If they did have probable cause, then you must be arraigned within 24 hours (however, it has held that this can be extended up to 72 hours with cause). Cops will often argue that you were not being detained, and that you were free to leave at anytime. To avoid this argument, if you are being held by the police you should ask directly if you are free to go.
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