TITLE 19

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 44

SEARCH WARRANTS

19-4410.  Breaking doors to liberate officer or assistant. He may break open any outer or inner door or window of a house, for the purpose of liberating a person who, having entered to aid him in the execution of the warrant, is detained therein, or when necessary for his own liberation.

History:

[(19-4410) Cr. Prac. 1864, sec. 638, p. 292; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 8399; C.S., sec. 9328; I.C.A., sec. 19-4510.]