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     629.38 Requiring a private person to disclose cause of 
  arrest. 

    Before making an arrest a private person shall inform the 
 person to be arrested of the cause of the arrest and require the 
 person to submit.  The warning required by this section need not 
 be given if the person is arrested while committing the offense 
 or when the person is arrested on pursuit immediately after 
 committing the offense.  If a person has committed a felony, a 
 private person may break open an outer or inner door or window 
 of a dwelling house to make the arrest if, before entering, the 
 private person informs the person to be arrested of the intent 
 to make the arrest and the private person is then refused 
 admittance.  

    HIST: (10574) RL s 5233; 1985 c 265 art 10 s 1; 1986 c 444 

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