Pen. Code, § 852.2 · Chapter 5A. Uniform Act on Fresh Pursuit
Pen. Code, § 852.2
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
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.
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History
Added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 301.
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