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Any arresting police officer may continue in fresh pursuit of a person, including outside the exterior boundaries of the Cowlitz Indian Reservation and other Tribal lands, if the person:

(A) Is reasonably believed by the officer to have committed an offense on the Reservation;

(B) Has committed or attempted to commit, any offense or civil infraction on the Reservation in the presence of the officer; or

(C) is named in an outstanding warrant of arrest for a criminal offense.

When an arrest following fresh pursuit occurs outside of the exterior boundaries of the Cowlitz Indian Reservation and other Tribal lands, but within the state of Washington, the arresting police officer shall return the arrested individual to the Reservation.