Arrest by private person.

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A private person may arrest another:

1. For a public offense committed or attempted in the person’s presence.

2. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in the person’s presence.

3. When a felony has been in fact committed, and the private person has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1402)


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