Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-221
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Authority of officers of another state
Official statutory text
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.
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.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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