West Virginia Code § 62-11-1

Arrests within state by nonresident peace officer
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Any member of a duly organized state, county or municipal peace unit of another state of the
United States who enters this state in fresh pursuit, and continues within this state in such
fresh pursuit, of a person in order to arrest him on the ground that he is believed to have
committed a felony in such other state, shall have the same authority to arrest and hold such
person in custody, as has any member of any duly organized state, county oer municipal
peace unit of this state to arrest and hold in custody a person on the ground that he is
believed to have committed a felony in this state. r

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