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Title 77 - Utah Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 9 - Uniform Act on Fresh Pursuit
Section 1 - Authority of peace officer of another state.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 77-9-1 (2021)
77-9-1. Authority of peace officer of another state.
A peace officer of another state or the District of Columbia who enters this state in fresh pursuit and continues in fresh pursuit of a person in order to arrest him on the ground that he is reasonably believed to have committed a felony in another state, has the same authority to arrest and hold a person in custody as a peace officer of this state. Fresh pursuit does not require instant action, but pursuit without unreasonable delay.
Enacted by Chapter 15, 1980 General Session
A peace officer of another state or the District of Columbia who enters this state in fresh pursuit and continues in fresh pursuit of a person in order to arrest him on the ground that he is reasonably believed to have committed a felony in another state, has the same authority to arrest and hold a person in custody as a peace officer of this state. Fresh pursuit does not require instant action, but pursuit without unreasonable delay.
Enacted by Chapter 15, 1980 General Session
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