Penal Code § 1531

CHAPTER 3. Of Search Warrants

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 1531Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

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.