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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 14.051

ARREST BY PEACE OFFICER FROM OTHER JURISDICTION

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 997, Sec. 2, eff

(a) A peace officer commissioned and authorized by another state to make arrests for felonies who is in fresh pursuit of a person for the purpose of arresting that person for a felony may continue the pursuit into this state and arrest the person.

(b) In this article, "fresh pursuit" means a pursuit without unreasonable delay by a peace officer of a person the officer reasonably suspects has committed a felony.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.