2004 Minnesota Statutes

     629.30 Arrests; by whom made; aiding officer. 

    Subdivision 1.    Definition.  Arrest means taking a 
 person into custody that the person may be held to answer for a 
 public offense.  "Arrest" includes actually restraining a person 
 or taking into custody a person who submits. 

    Subd. 2.    Who may arrest.  An arrest may be made: 

    (1) by a peace officer under a warrant; 

    (2) by a peace officer without a warrant; 

    (3) by an officer in the United States Customs Service or 
 the Immigration and Naturalization Service without a warrant; 

    (4) by a private person. 

    A private person shall aid a peace officer in executing a 
 warrant when requested to do so by the officer. 

    HIST: (10566) RL s 5225; 1981 c 108 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 10 s 1