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     629.363 Railway conductor; authority to arrest. 

    A conductor of a railway train may arrest a person 
 committing an act upon the train prohibited by sections 609.681, 
 609.72, and 609.855, subdivision 1, with or without a warrant, 
 and take that person to the proper law enforcement authorities, 
 or to the station agent at the next railway station.  The 
 station agent shall take the arrested person to the law 
 enforcement authorities.  A conductor or station agent possesses 
 the powers of a sheriff with a warrant in making arrests under 
 this chapter. 

    HIST: (10297) RL s 5027; 1963 c 753 art 2 s 11; 1983 c 359 s 
 130; 1985 c 265 art 10 s 1; 1989 c 5 s 17 

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