{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s3109","title":18,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3109.","heading":"Breaking doors or windows for entry or exit","text":"\u00a7\u202f3109.\nBreaking doors or windows for entry or exit\nThe 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 a search warrant, if, after notice of his authority and purpose, he is refused admittance or when necessary to liberate himself or a person aiding him in the execution of the warrant.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t18/s3109.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s3109","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3109."},{"t":"heading","text":"Breaking doors or windows for entry or exit"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"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 a search warrant, if, after notice of his authority and purpose, he is refused admittance or when necessary to liberate himself or a person aiding him in the execution of the warrant.","tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}