California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Penal Code - PEN |
Part 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Title 3. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Chapter 5. Arrest, by Whom and How Made |
Section 837.
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A private person may arrest another:
1. For a public offense committed or attempted in his presence.
2. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence.
3. When a felony has been in fact committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.
(Enacted 1872.)