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629.37 When a private person may make an arrest.

A private person may arrest another:

(1) for a public offense committed or attempted in the arresting person's presence;

(2) when the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in the arresting person's presence; or

(3) when a felony has in fact been committed, and the arresting person has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.

HIST: (10573) RL s 5232; 1985 c 265 art 10 s 1

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