Additional Provisions Regarding Criminal Procedure — California Penal Code — Arrest, By Whom And How Made — Arrest by private person

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Current through the 2016 Legislative Session

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.
Ca. Pen. Code § 837
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