Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 10 Criminal Procedure - Section 10.34.020 Escape -- Retaking prisoner -- Authority

§ 10.34.020. Escape -- Retaking prisoner -- Authority

If a person arrested escape or be rescued, the person from whose custody he made his escape, or was rescued, may immediately pursue and retake him at any time, and within any place in the state. To retake the person escaping or rescued, the person pursuing has the same power to command assistance as given in cases of arrest.

[Code 1881 § 1032; 1873 p 229 § 212; 1854 p 114 § 76; RRS § 2085.]

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