How many days is the detention in the investigation stage at most?

Legal analysis

The detention time in the investigation stage is 30 days. If the public security organ deems it necessary to arrest the detained person, it shall submit it to the people's procuratorate for examination and approval within three days after detention. Under special circumstances, the approval time can be extended by one to four days. When interrogating a criminal suspect, investigators should first ask whether the criminal suspect has committed a crime.

1. The detention time in the public security investigation stage is generally fifteen days, and the longest is not more than thirty-seven days.

2. If the public security organ deems it necessary to arrest the detained person, it shall submit it to the people's procuratorate for examination and approval within three days after detention.

3. Under special circumstances, the time for approval may be extended by one to four days. For major suspects who commit crimes on the run, commit crimes many times or commit crimes in collusion, the time for submitting for examination and approval may be extended to 30 days.

4. The public security organ shall complete the investigation of the case within the prescribed time limit, request the procuratorial organ to arrest it, and continue to find out the facts of the crime after the arrest, and cooperate with the public prosecution organ and the court to make a reasonable judgment on the litigation case to avoid violating the relevant provisions.

legal ground

Article 91 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if the public security organ deems it necessary to arrest a detained person, it shall submit it to the people's procuratorate for examination and approval within three days after detention. Under special circumstances, the approval time can be extended by one to four days.

For major suspects who commit crimes on the run, commit crimes many times or commit crimes in collusion, the time for submitting for examination and approval may be extended to 30 days.

The people's procuratorate shall, within seven days after receiving the approval letter from the public security organ, make a decision on whether to approve or disapprove the arrest. If the people's procuratorate does not approve the arrest, the public security organ shall immediately release it after receiving the notice and promptly notify the people's procuratorate to execute it. Those who need to continue the investigation and meet the conditions of obtaining a guarantor pending trial or residential surveillance shall be granted a guarantor pending trial or residential surveillance according to law.