23A-3-2.1. Circumstances permitting warrantless arrests.
Unless the provisions of §22-18-5 apply, a law enforcement officer shall arrest and take into custody, pending release on bail, personal recognizance, or court order, any person, without a warrant, at any time that the opportunity presents itself, if the officer has probable cause to believe that:
(1)An order has been issued under chapter 25-10 protecting the victim and the terms of the order prohibiting acts or threats of abuse or excluding the person from a residence have been violated; or
(2)An order has been issued under chapter 22-19A protecting the victim and the terms of the order prohibiting acts of stalking or physical injury have been violated; or
(3)The person is eighteen years or older and within the preceding forty-eight hours has assaulted a person in a relationship as defined in §25-10-3.1;
and the officer believes that an aggravated assault has occurred; an assault has occurred which has resulted in bodily injury to the victim, whether the injury is observable by the responding officer or not; or an attempt by physical menace has been made to put another in fear of imminent serious bodily harm.
Source: SL 1989, ch 207, §1; SL 1996, ch 153; SL 1998, ch 146, §1; SL 2001, ch 119, §1; SL 2006, ch 134, §1; SL 2015, ch 139, §1.