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§22-196.
§22-196.
A peace officer may, without a warrant, arrest a person:
1. For a public offense, committed or attempted in his presence;
2. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in
his presence;
3. When a felony has in fact been committed, and he has reasonable
cause for believing 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 he has probable cause to believe that the party was driving or
in actual physical control of a motor vehicle involved in an accident
upon the public highways, streets or turnpikes 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, Sections 2-101 et seq. of Title 63 of the
Oklahoma Statutes;
6. Anywhere, including his place of residence, if the peace officer
has probable cause to believe the person within the preceding four (4)
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; or
7. When a peace officer, in accordance with the provisions of Section
1 of this act, is acting on a violation of a protective order offense.
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