{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-1228","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1228","heading":"Execution of search warrant without warning or notice –","body":"Forced entry – Exigent circumstances.\n\nA peace officer may break open an outer or inner door or window\n\nof a house, or any part of the house, or anything therein, to\n\nexecute the warrant when:\n\n1. The officer has been refused admittance after having first\n\ngiven notice of his authority and purpose; or\n\n2. Pursuant to an instruction inserted in the search warrant by\n\nthe magistrate that no warning or other notice of entry is necessary\n\nbecause there is reasonable cause to believe that exigent\n\ncircumstances exist. Exigent circumstances include:\n\na. such warning or other notice would pose a significant\n\ndanger to human life,\n\nb. such warning or other notice would allow the possible\n\ndestruction of evidence,\n\nc. such warning or other notice would give rise to the\n\npossibility of resistance or escape,\n\nd. such warning or other notice would otherwise inhibit\n\nthe effective investigation of the crime, or\n\ne. such warning or other notice would be futile or a\n\nuseless gesture.","path":["OK Code","Title 22"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os22.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"462b96100a0513799239015d4ecfe4d82d9b831b08496242dc7b0ad2822663f6","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-1227","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-1229"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}