Title 44, Title 44

This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Interstate Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Act".

It is the purpose of this part to permit one or more law enforcement agencies of this state to enter into mutual aid agreements, on the basis of mutual advantage, with one or more law enforcement agencies of any other state or the United States in order to facilitate and coordina…

When used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: (1) "Law enforcement agency" means a public agency lawfully established by statute or executive order that is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement …

(1) Any one or more law enforcement agencies of this state may enter into a mutual aid agreement with any one or more law enforcement agencies of any other state or the United States to provide the law enforcement or emergency services that all of the parties are authorized by la…

The agreement authorized by 44-11-304 must specify the following: (1) its duration; (2) the precise organization, composition, and nature of any separate legal entity created thereby; (3) the purpose of the agreement; (4) the manner of financing the agreement and establishing and…

In any case or controversy involving performance or interpretation of or liability under a mutual aid agreement entered into between one or more law enforcement agencies of political subdivisions of this state and one or more law enforcement agencies of another state or of the Un…

No agreement made under this part may relieve any law enforcement agency of this state of any duty imposed upon it by law. Timely performance of such a duty by a joint board or other legal or administrative entity created by a mutual aid agreement may be offered in satisfaction o…

Except for the right granted by this part to jointly exercise powers, this part does not authorize any law enforcement agency of this state to exercise any power that it is not otherwise authorized to exercise.

Within 20 days after the final approval by the governing bodies of all parties to the agreement, an agreement made pursuant to this part must be filed in the office of: (1) each clerk and recorder of each county of this state where the principal office of one of the parties to th…

Any law enforcement agency of this state may appropriate funds for and may sell, lease, or otherwise supply material to any entity created for the purpose of performance of an agreement and may provide such personnel or services therefor as are within its authority to furnish.

The procedures and remedies provided in this part apply to the exclusion of those remedies and procedures for interlocal agreements generally under Title 7, chapter 11, part 1.