- (a) This section shall be known as the Alabama Fresh Pursuit Act.
- (b) “Fresh pursuit” as used in this section does not necessarily mean instant pursuit but it does mean pursuit without unreasonable delay.
- (c) The authority of any peace officer of this state whose arrest powers are otherwise limited to a political subdivision or subdivisions of this state, shall extend throughout the county and into any adjacent county when the officer is in fresh pursuit of a person or persons to be arrested for a misdemeanor. Such authority shall extend throughout the state when the officer is in fresh pursuit of a person or persons to be arrested for a felony. Following such pursuit, the arrest powers of the officer in a political subdivision or subdivisions other than his own shall be the same in all respects as the arrest powers the officer has in his own political subdivision.
- (d) This section shall not be construed to restrict or limit in any way other statutory or common-law arrest powers that any peace officer of this state has when acting as an officer or as a private citizen.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-655, p. 1071.)