{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1531","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1531","heading":"","body":"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 the warrant, if, after notice of his authority and purpose, he is refused admittance.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 12. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CRIMINAL NATURE [1473. - 1564.]","CHAPTER 3. Of Search Warrants [1523. - 1542.5.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"1e0f19775331faa4610d970835b4b7d53812c19bac4f53083b5ba1f548a8d45c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1530","next":"us-ca/pen-1532"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}