{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-837","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 837","heading":"","body":"A private person may arrest another:\n1. For a public offense committed or attempted in his presence.\n2. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence.\n3. When a felony has been in fact committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 3. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [777. - 883.]","CHAPTER 5. Arrest, by Whom and How Made [833. - 851.93.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"34644981c8cc1c98cadc770f84e4fd635361e0242b03f4cb26731d383fa701da","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-836.6","next":"us-ca/pen-838"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}