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Ohio Rev. Code § 2935.30 (2026)

Authority of foreign police

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Effective:
October 1, 1953
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House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
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Any member of an 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 has the same authority to arrest and hold such person in custody as has any member of any 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.

This section does not make unlawful any arrest in this state which would otherwise be lawful.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1976–2006 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Gallagher, 896 A.2d 583 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2006).
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Commonwealth v. Gallagher, 896 A.2d 583 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2006). “Ohio Rev.Code Ann. §§ 2935.30 & 2935.31. ¶ 9 Pennsylvania appellate courts have dealt with similar laws from our sister states in two cases.”
In re Appeal of Cowell, 364 A.2d 718 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1976). · cites it 2× “1975), concerning rendition of juvenile alleged to be delinquent, as Ohio has not adopted that provision. See In Re S.A., 60 Pa.”
State v. Thierbach, 635 N.E.2d 1276 (Ohio Ct. App. 1st Dist. 1993). “03 is to outline the extent of police officers’ power to arrest persons suspected of committing Ohio crimes, not to grant constitutional protections to fleeing suspects. See, generally, R.C. 2901.04(B).”
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