According to Article 17 of the Constitution, after an arrest, what is the maximum time before the detained person must be freed or brought before a judge?
Sources: 1 link, read on 21 October 2026.
Spanish Constitution, article 17 (BOE, consolidated text), read on 21 October 2026.
Answer: 72 hours. Article 17 says seventy-two hours at most. Hook: 17 and 72.
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Constitution · article 17.2
The question in Spanish
Según el artículo 17 de la Constitución, tras una detención, ¿cuál es el plazo máximo para que la persona detenida sea puesta en libertad o a disposición de un juez?
The options
- A24 hours24 horas
- B48 hours48 horas
- C72 hours72 horasCorrect
What the Constitution says
«2. La detención preventiva no podrá durar más del tiempo estrictamente necesario para la realización de las averiguaciones tendentes al esclarecimiento de los hechos, y, en todo caso, en el plazo máximo de setenta y dos horas, el detenido deberá ser puesto en libertad o a disposición de la autoridad judicial.»
Spanish Constitution of 1978, article 17 (paragraph 2, consolidated text at the BOE), read on 21 October 2026. The quotation is in Spanish, as the BOE prints it; the English wording of the answer is ours. Laws carry no copyright (Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, art. 13), so we quote the text as it stands.
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