804.7A Arrests by federal law enforcement officers.
1. For purposes of this section, “federal law enforcement officer” means a person employed full time by the United States government who is empowered to effect an arrest with or without a warrant for a violation of the United States Code and who is authorized to carry a firearm in the performance of the person’s duties as a federal law enforcement officer.
2. A federal law enforcement officer has the same authority, as provided in section 804.7, subsection 3, and has the same immunity from suit in this state as a peace officer, as defined in section 801.4, subsection 11, when making an arrest in this state for a nonfederal crime if either of the following exists:
a. The federal law enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for believing that an indictable public offense has been committed and has reasonable grounds for believing that the person to be arrested has committed it.
b. The federal law enforcement officer is rendering assistance to a peace officer of this state in an emergency or at the request of the peace officer.
90 Acts, ch 1014, §1
Referred to in §804.7B
Structure Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 804 - COMMENCEMENT OF ACTIONS — ARREST — DISPOSITIONS OF PRISONERS
Section 804.1 - Arrest by warrant — complaint and citation defined.
Section 804.2 - Contents of arrest warrant.
Section 804.3 - Order for bail — endorsed on warrant.
Section 804.5 - Arrest defined.
Section 804.6 - Persons authorized to make an arrest.
Section 804.7 - Arrests by peace officers.
Section 804.7A - Arrests by federal law enforcement officers.
Section 804.7B - Arrests by out-of-state peace officers.
Section 804.8 - Use of force by peace officer making an arrest.
Section 804.9 - Arrests by private persons.
Section 804.10 - Use of force in arrest by private person.
Section 804.11 - Arrest of material witness.
Section 804.12 - Use of force in resisting arrest.
Section 804.13 - Use of force in preventing an escape.
Section 804.14 - Manner of making arrest — warrant.
Section 804.15 - Breaking and entering premises — demand to enter.
Section 804.16 - Time of arrest.
Section 804.17 - Summoning aid.
Section 804.18 - Taking weapons.
Section 804.19 - Receipt given.
Section 804.20 - Communications by arrested persons.
Section 804.21 - Initial appearance before magistrate — arrest by warrant — release — bond schedule.
Section 804.22 - Initial appearance before magistrate — arrest without warrant.
Section 804.23 - Initial appearance of arrested material witness before magistrate.
Section 804.24 - Arrests by private persons — disposition of prisoner.
Section 804.25 - Bail — discharge.
Section 804.26 - Officer’s return.
Section 804.27 - Conveying prisoner to jail — fees and expenses.
Section 804.28 - Department of public safety prisoners.
Section 804.29 - Confidentiality.
Section 804.31 - Arrest of deaf or hard-of-hearing person — use of interpreters — fee.