40-7-112 - Arrest by private person Notice of intention to make arrest Use of force to enter dwelling house. - Tennessee Statutes

40-7-112. Arrest by private person Notice of intention to make arrest Use of force to enter dwelling house.

If the person to be arrested has committed a felony, and a private person, after notice of the person's intention to make the arrest, is refused admittance, the arresting person may break open an outer or inner door or window of a dwelling house to make the arrest.

[Code 1858, § 5044; Shan., § 7004; Code 1932, § 11543; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-819.]