If the person to be arrested has committed a felony, and a private person, after notice of the person's intention to make the arrest, is refused admittance, the arresting person may break open an outer or inner door or window of a dwelling house to make the arrest.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-7-112
Arrest by private person — Notice of intention to make arrest — Use of force to enter dwelling house
Code 1858, § 5044; Shan., § 7004; Code 1932, § 11543; T.C.A
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