507E.8 Law enforcement officer status.
1. Bureau investigators shall have the power and status of law enforcement officers who by the nature of their duties may be required to perform the duties of a peace officer when making arrests for criminal violations established as a result of their investigations pursuant to this chapter.
2. The general laws applicable to arrests by law enforcement officers of the state also apply to bureau investigators. Bureau investigators shall have the power to execute arrest warrants and search warrants for the same criminal violations, serve subpoenas issued for the examination, investigation, and trial of all offenses identified through their investigations, and arrest upon probable cause without warrant a person found in the act of committing a violation of the provisions of this chapter.
94 Acts, ch 1072, §8; 2011 Acts, ch 70, §7
Referred to in §97B.49B
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