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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="2-301" title_number="2" title_name="Law Enforcement Procedures; Arrest Process" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Fresh Pursuit">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to a law enforcement officer of a jurisdiction in the State who engages in fresh pursuit of a person in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Fresh pursuit is pursuit that is continuous and without unreasonable delay.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Fresh pursuit need not be instant pursuit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In determining whether the pursuit meets the elements of fresh pursuit, a court shall apply the requirements of the common law definition of fresh pursuit that relates to these elements.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A law enforcement officer may engage in fresh pursuit of a person who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>has committed or is reasonably believed by the law enforcement officer to have committed a felony in the jurisdiction in which the law enforcement officer has the power of arrest; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has committed a misdemeanor in the presence of the law enforcement officer in the jurisdiction in which the law enforcement officer has the power of arrest.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A law enforcement officer who is engaged in fresh pursuit of a person may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>arrest the person anywhere in the State and hold the person in custody; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>return the person to the jurisdiction in which a court has proper venue for the crime alleged to have been committed by the person.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
