2006 Utah Code - 77-23-210 — Force used in executing warrant -- When notice of authority is required as a prerequisite.

     77-23-210.   Force used in executing warrant -- When notice of authority is required as a prerequisite.
     When a search warrant has been issued authorizing entry into any building, room, conveyance, compartment, or other enclosure, the officer executing the warrant may use such force as is reasonably necessary to enter:
     (1) if, after notice of his authority and purpose, there is no response or he is not admitted with reasonable promptness; or
     (2) without notice of his authority and purpose, if the magistrate issuing the warrant directs in the warrant that the officer need not give notice. The magistrate shall so direct only upon proof, under oath, that the object of the search may be quickly destroyed, disposed of, or secreted, or that physical harm may result to any person if notice were given.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 142, 1994 General Session