Arrest, by Whom and How Made
Applied in 73 court decisions — leading case 33 Cal. 3d 572 - People v. Fosselman (1983)
Most recently applied in 754 F. Supp. 2d 1095 - Bolbol v. City of Daly City (November 2010)
Enacted 1872.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
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.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.