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Missouri · Through 2026 legislative session (floor)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 105.240: Officers may break doors, when.

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  1. Title VIII - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS
  2. Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions

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.

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