Sec. 20. A private person, before making an arrest, shall inform the person to be arrested of the intention to arrest him and the cause of the arrest, except when he is then engaged in the commission of a criminal offense, or if he flees or forcibly resists arrest before the person making the arrest has opportunity so to inform him.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 764.20
Arrest; private persons, duty
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 141 Mich. App. 173 - People v. Reinhardt (1985)
Most recently applied in 148 Mich. App. 16 - People v. Smith (December 1985)
1927, Act 175, Eff
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