A peace officer, a merchant, or a merchant’s employee who has probable cause for believing that goods held for sale by the merchant have been unlawfully taken by a person and that he can recover them by taking the person into custody may, for the purpose of attempting to effect such recovery, take the person into custody and detain him in a reasonable manner for a reasonable length of time. Such taking into custody and detention by a peace officer, merchant, or merchant’s employee shall not render such peace officer, merchant, or merchant’s employee criminally or civilly liable for slander, libel, false arrest, false imprisonment, or unlawful detention.

Source

  • Laws 1957, c. 101, § 1, p. 361;
  • Laws 1963, c. 157, § 1, p. 556.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 29-402.01

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Peace officer: shall include sheriffs, coroners, jailers, marshals, police officers, state highway patrol officers, members of the National Guard on active service by direction of the Governor during periods of emergency, and all other persons with similar authority to make arrests. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.