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Penal Code § 852.2

CHAPTER 5A. Uniform Act on Fresh Pursuit

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 852.2Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 301.

Any peace officer of another State, who enters this State in fresh pursuit, and continues within this State in fresh pursuit, of a person in order to arrest him on the ground that he has committed a felony in the other State, has the same authority to arrest and hold the person in custody, as peace officers of this State have to arrest and hold a person in custody on the ground that he has committed a felony in this State.