A private person may arrest another:

1. For a public offense committed or attempted in his presence.

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Terms Used In California Penal Code 837

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Penal Code 7

2. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence.

3. When a felony has been in fact committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.

(Enacted 1872.)