{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-764.20","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 764.20","heading":"Arrest; private persons, duty.","body":"Sec. 20.\n\nA private person, before making an arrest, shall inform the person to be arrested of the intention to arrest him and the cause of the arrest, except when he is then engaged in the commission of a criminal offense, or if he flees or forcibly resists arrest before the person making the arrest has opportunity so to inform him.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 760","Act Act-175-of-1927"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-764-20","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"f7e84913ca831f0e8c6bf8c186528946e49507076b728f9e02d3029117efaff3","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-764.2","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-764.21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}