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Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-196

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Arrest without warrant by officer

Official statutory text

A peace officer may, without a warrant, arrest a person:

1. For a public offense, committed or attempted in the

officer's presence;

2. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although

not in the officer's presence;

3. When a felony has in fact been committed, and the officer

has reasonable cause to believe the person arrested to have

committed it;

4. On a charge, made upon reasonable cause, of the commission

of a felony by the party arrested;

5. When the officer has probable cause to believe that the

party was driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle

involved in an accident within this state, whether upon public

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roads, highways, streets, turnpikes, other public places, or upon

any private road, street, alley or lane which provides access to one

or more single- or multi-family dwellings and was under the

influence of alcohol or intoxicating liquor or who was under the

influence of any substance included in the Uniform Controlled

Dangerous Substances Act;

6. Anywhere, including a place of residence of the person, if

the peace officer has probable cause to believe the person within

the preceding seventy-two (72) hours has committed an act of

domestic abuse as defined by Section 60.1 of this title, although

the assault did not take place in the presence of the peace officer.

A peace officer may not arrest a person pursuant to this section

without first observing a recent physical injury to, or an

impairment of the physical condition of, the alleged victim;

7. When a peace officer, in accordance with the provisions of

Section 60.9 of this title, is acting on a violation of a protective

order offense; or

8. When the officer has probable cause to believe that the

person has threatened another person as defined in subsection B of

Section 1378 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

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