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2025 Utah Code
Title 77 - Utah Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 9 - Uniform Act on Fresh Pursuit
Section 1 - Authority of peace officer of another state.
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UT Code § 77-9-1 (2025)
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Effective 5/7/2025
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 make an arrest on the ground that the person 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.
Amended by Chapter 302, 2025 General Session
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 make an arrest on the ground that the person 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.
Amended by Chapter 302, 2025 General Session
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