1994 US Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 205 - SEARCHES AND SEIZURES
Sec. 3109 - Breaking doors or windows for entry or exit
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART II - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CHAPTER 205 - SEARCHES AND SEIZURES Sec. 3109 - Breaking doors or windows for entry or exit |
| Contains | section 3109 |
| Date | 1994 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 4, 1995 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 820. |
| Statutes at Large References | 40 Stat. 229 62 Stat. 820 |
§3109. Breaking doors or windows for entry or exit
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 a search warrant, if, after notice of his authority and purpose, he is refused admittance or when necessary to liberate himself or a person aiding him in the execution of the warrant.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 820.)
Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§618, 619 (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XI, §§8, 9, 40 Stat. 229).
Said sections 618 and 619 were consolidated with minor changes in phraseology but without change of substance.
Canal ZoneApplicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this title.
Federal Rules of Criminal ProcedureSearch warrants and seizures, see rule 41, Appendix to this title.
Cross ReferencesAuthority, exceeding in executing warrant, see section 2234 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 14 of this title.
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