Section 19-604 - WHEN PRIVATE PERSON MAY ARREST.

ID Code § 19-604 (2019) (N/A)
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19-604. WHEN PRIVATE PERSON MAY ARREST. A private person may arrest another:

1. For a public offense committed or attempted in his presence.

2. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence.

3. When a felony has been in fact committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.

History:

[(19-604) Cr. Prac. 1864, sec. 137, p. 229; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 7541; C.S., sec. 8727; I.C.A., sec. 19-604.]