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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 35.035: Apprehension.

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  1. KRS Chapter 35

(1) Apprehension is the taking of a person into custody.

(2) Any person authorized by this code or by 10 U.S.C. Chapter 47, or by regulations

issued under either, to apprehend persons subject to this code, any marshal of a

court-martial appointed pursuant to the provisions of this code, and any peace

officer or civil officer having authority to apprehend offenders under the laws of the

United States or of a state, may do so upon probable cause that an offense has been

committed and that the person apprehended committed it.

(3) Commissioned officers, warrant officers , petty officers, and noncommissioned

officers have authority to quell quarrels, frays, and disorders among persons subject

to this code and to apprehend persons subject to this code who take part therein.

(4) If an offender is apprehended outside the stat e, the offender's return to the

jurisdiction must be in accordance with normal extradition procedures or by

reciprocal agreement.

(5) No person authorized by this section to apprehend persons subject to this code or

the place where the offender is confined , restrained, held, or otherwise housed may

require payment of any fee or charge for receiving, apprehending, confining,

restraining, holding, or otherwise housing a person except as otherwise provided by

law.

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