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     629.33 When force may be used to make arrest. 

    If a peace officer has informed a defendant that the 
 officer intends to arrest the defendant, and if the defendant 
 then flees or forcibly resists arrest, the officer may use all 
 necessary and lawful means to make the arrest but may not use 
 deadly force unless authorized to do so under section 609.066.  
 After giving notice of the authority and purpose of entry, a 
 peace officer may break open an inner or outer door or window of 
 a dwelling house to execute a warrant if: 

    (1) the officer is refused admittance; 

    (2) entry is necessary for the officer's own liberation; or 

    (3) entry is necessary for liberating another person who is 
 being detained in the dwelling house after entering to make an 
 arrest. 

    HIST: (10569) RL s 5228; 1978 c 736 s 3; 1985 c 265 art 10 s 1 

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