{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-544.200","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 544.200","heading":"Officer may break open doors.","body":"To make an arrest in criminal actions, the officer may break open any outer or inner door or window of a dwelling house or other building, or any other enclosure, if, after notice of his office and purpose, he be refused admittance.","path":["Title XXXVII - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","Chapter 544 - Arrest, Examination, Commitment and Bail"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=544.200","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"7bc267d3915bb998fbebe3d7a78efc7e107a1ae41b267b796ef021632743b7e2","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-544.197","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-544.210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}