Execution of warrant - Use of force
N.D. Cent. Code § 29-29-08
in effect29-29-08. Execution of warrant - Use of force
An officer directed to serve a search warrant may break open an outer or inner door or
window of a house, or any part of the house, or anything therein, to execute the warrant:
1. If, after notice of the officer's authority and purpose, the officer is refused admittance;
or
2. Without notice of the officer's authority and purpose if the warrant was issued by a
magistrate who is learned in the law and who has inserted a direction therein that the
officer executing it shall not be required to give such notice.
The magistrate may so direct only upon written or recorded oral petition and proof under oath, to
the magistrate's satisfaction, that the property sought may be easily and quickly destroyed or
disposed of, or that danger to the life or limb of the officer or another may result, if such notice
were to be given.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t29c29.pdf#nameddest=29-29-08Fetched: 10/16/2026