Michigan · statute · 189 of 1937, Mich. Comp. Laws · 7 active provisions
Any member of a duly organized state, county or municipal peace 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 him on the ground that he is believed to have committed a felony in such other state, s…
If an arrest is made in this state by an officer of another state in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of this act, he shall without unnecessary delay take the person arrested before a magistrate of the county in which the arrest was made, who shall conduct a hearing for the purpose of determining the lawfuln…
Section 1 of this act shall not be construed so as to make unlawful any arrest in this state which would otherwise be lawful.
For the purpose of this act the word "state" shall include the District of Columbia.
The term "fresh pursuit" as used in this act shall include fresh pursuit as defined by the common law, and also the pursuit of a person who has committed a felony or who is reasonably suspected of having committed a felony. It shall also include the pursuit of a person suspected of having committed a supposed felony, t…
Upon the passage and approval by the governor of this act it shall be the duty of the secretary of state to certify a copy of this act to the executive department of each of the states of the United States.
This act may be cited as the "uniform act on fresh pursuit."