California Penal Code
§ 1531
PEN § 1531Title 12 · Part 2 · Ch. 3
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.govThe 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.
Legislative history
Enacted 1872.