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2010 Tennessee Code
Title 40 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 7 - Arrest
Part 1 - General Provisions
40-7-115 - Breaking in to retake escaped prisoner.
40-7-115. Breaking in to retake escaped prisoner.
To retake the party escaping or rescued, the person pursuing may, after notice of that person's intention and refusal of admittance, break open any outer or inner door or window of a dwelling house.
[Code 1858, § 5047; Shan., § 7007; Code 1932, § 11546; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-823.]
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