817.2  Power of governor and attorney general.

The governor and attorney general shall each have the power to call to their aid in the enforcement of the law any peace officer; and when such officers are so called upon it shall be their duty faithfully to render such assistance as may be required, in any part of the state, and such peace officers while so acting shall have the same powers throughout the state as possessed by the sheriff of the county in which such peace officer is acting.

Section History: Early form

  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 13411; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 748.6; C79, 81, § 817.2]

Internal References

  Referred to in § 331.653


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