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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 ↗Ask about this

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.