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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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