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Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 431.055 — Pursuit to recapture escapee Partial official-source snapshot · 2026-09-25. This is the text captured and parsed from the source, not a complete or certified current-law edition. Later amendments may be missing. Printed versions may be prior, future or contingent; their current status is not determined here. Kentucky Rules of Evidence and unlinked index entries are not included. PDF tables and source layout may be simplified. Tables, formatting and annotations may be incomplete. Coverage and gaps .Chapter 431 — GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS Previous Next 431.055. Pursuit to recapture escapee
If a person lawfully arrested escapes or is rescued, the person from whose custody he escaped or was rescued may immediately pursue and retake him in any part of the Commonwealth and may be joined in the pursuit and recapture by peace officers in the immediate area or vicinity.
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History and annotations Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 234, sec. 41.
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