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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-416 (2026)

Fresh pursuit; peace officer from another state; authority to make arrest

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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, 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 peace unit of this state, to arrest and hold in custody a person on the ground that he is believed to have committed a felony in this state.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1962–1991 · leading case: State v. Tingle, 477 N.W.2d 544 (Neb. 1991).
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State v. Tingle, 477 N.W.2d 544 (Neb. 1991). · cites it 4× “There is no Nebraska statute authorizing a police officer of a city of the second class to arrest a suspect for a misdemeanor DWI outside the officer's geographical jurisdiction.”
State v. Goff, 118 N.W.2d 625 (Neb. 1962). · cites it 9× “The State relies on section 29-416, R. R. S. 1943, as authority for the arrest and argues that the arrest, without a warrant, being authorized by law, the search was incidental thereto and not unreasonable.”
State v. Houlton, 416 N.W.2d 588 (Neb. 1987). · cites it 3× “2d 625 (1962), wherein we held that evidence obtained by an Iowa officer purporting to act under the arrest authority granted by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-416 (Reissue 1985) to foreign officers in fresh pursuit of one thought to have committed a felony and entering this state should…”
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