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2011 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 13 Criminal Code
13-3892 Right of private person to break into building
AZ Rev Stat § 13-3892 (1996 through 1st Reg Sess 50th Legis) What's This?
13-3892. Right of private person to break into building
A private person, in order to make an arrest where a felony was committed in his presence, as authorized in section 13-3884, may break open a door or window of any building in which the person to be arrested is or is reasonably believed to be, if he is refused admittance after he has announced his purpose.
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