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SDCL § 23A-3-10 — Fresh pursuit felony arrest by officer of another state

Current through text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session)

Part of Chapter 3: (Rule 4.1) Arrest, South Dakota Codified Laws.

Full text of SDCL § 23A-3-10

Statutory text current through the text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of South Dakota.

SDCL § 23A-3-10Primary source, current through the text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session)
Any member of a duly organized state, county, or municipal law enforcing unit of another state of the United States who enters this state in fresh pursuit, and continues within this state in such fresh pursuit, of a person in order to arrest the person on the ground that the person is believed to have committed a felony in such other state, shall have the same authority to arrest and hold such person in custody, as has any member of any duly organized state, county, or municipal law enforcing unit of this state, to arrest and hold in custody a person on the ground that the person is believed to have committed a felony in this state.

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