TITLE LIX
PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

CHAPTER 594
ARRESTS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Arrest

Section 594:5

    594:5 Resisting Arrest. – If a person has reasonable ground to believe that he is being arrested and that the arrest is being made by a peace officer, it is his duty to submit to arrest and refrain from using force or any weapon in resisting it, regardless of whether there is a legal basis for the arrest.

Source. 1941, 163:5. RL 423:24.