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2014 California Code
Penal Code - PEN
PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES
TITLE 12 - OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CRIMINAL NATURE
CHAPTER 3 - Of Search Warrants
1531

Universal Citation:
CA Penal Code § 1531 (2014)
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The officer may break open any outer or inner door or window of a house, or any part of a house, or anything therein, to execute the warrant, if, after notice of his authority and purpose, he is refused admittance.

(Enacted 1872.)

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