Every officer may break open doors and enclosures to execute a warrant or other process for the arrest of any person, or to levy an execution, or execute an order for the delivery of personal property, if, upon public demand and an announcement of his official character, they be not opened.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 105.240
Officers may break doors, when
Known as the Uniform Facsimile Signature of Public Officials Law
The act spans §§ 105–105 (212 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Coonts v. Potts (2003)
Most recently applied in Coonts v. Potts (January 2003)
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 12824); Prior revisions: 1929 § 11200; 1919 § 9173; 1909 § 10202
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.