California Penal Code
§ 1532
PEN § 1532Title 12 · Part 2 · Ch. 3
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.govHe 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.
Legislative history
Enacted 1872.