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2012 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 13 Criminal Code
13-3891 Right of officer to break into building
AZ Rev Stat § 13-3891 (through 2nd Reg Sess. 50th Leg. 2012) What's This?
13-3891. Right of officer to break into building
An officer, in order to make an arrest either by virtue of a warrant, or when authorized to make such arrest for a felony without a warrant, as provided in section 13-3883, 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 the officer is refused admittance after he has announced his authority and purpose.
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