Current through 2024 Session Acts Chapter 111 and 2024 Special Session Acts Chapter 4
Section 48-2201 - (KCMJ Art. 7) Apprehension(a) Apprehension is the taking of a person into custody.(b) Any person authorized by this code or by title 10 of chapter 47 of the United States Code or by regulations issued under either, to apprehend persons subject to this code, and any law enforcement officer having authority to apprehend offenders under the laws of the United States or of a state or municipality may do so upon reasonable belief that an offense has been committed and that the person apprehended committed it.(c) Commissioned officers, warrant officers and noncommissioned officers have authority to quell quarrels, frays and disorders among persons subject to this code and to apprehend persons subject to this code who take part therein.(d) No person authorized by this article to apprehend persons subject to this code nor the place where such offender is restrained, held or otherwise housed subject to this code may require payment of any fee or charge for receiving, apprehending, confining, restraining, holding or otherwise housing a person except as otherwise provided by law.Amended by L. 2024, ch. 78,§ 60, eff. 7/1/2024.L. 1972, ch. 203, § 48-2201; L. 1988, ch. 191, § 3; July 1.