.055   Pursuit to recapture escapee.


431.055 Pursuit to recapture escapee.
If a person lawfully arrested escapes or is rescued, the person from whose custody he
escaped or was rescued may immediately pursue and retake him in any part of the
Commonwealth and may be joined in the pursuit and recapture by peace officers in the
immediate area or vicinity.
History: Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 234, sec. 41.