Penal Code - PEN
PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681 - 1620]
( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 3. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [777 - 883]
( Heading of Title 3 amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674. ) CHAPTER 6. Retaking After an Escape or Rescue [854 - 855]
( Chapter 6 enacted 1872. ) 855.
To retake the person escaping or rescued, the person pursuing may break open an outer or inner door or window of a dwelling house, if, after notice of his intention, he is refused admittance.
(Enacted 1872.)