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Idaho Code § 19-611 (2026)

Breaking doors and windows. 

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Breaking doors and windows. 

To make an arrest, if the offense is a felony, a private person, if any public offense, a peace officer, may break open the door or window of the house in which the person to be arrested is, or in which there is reasonable ground for believing him to be, after having demanded admittance and explained the purpose for which admittance is desired.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1963–2022 · leading case: State v. Rauch, 586 P.2d 671 (Idaho 1978).
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State v. Rauch, 586 P.2d 671 (Idaho 1978). · cites it 26× “, suppressing certain evidence, on the ground that law enforcement officers failed to comply with Idaho's "knock and announce" statutes, I.C. §§ 19-611, 19-4409, in executing the arrest of the defendant and the subsequent seizure of evidence.”
Payton v. New York, 445 U.S. 573 (1980). · cites it 2× “§ 803-11 (1977); Idaho Code § 19-611 (1979); Ill. Rev. Stat.”
State v. Johnson, 716 P.2d 1288 (Idaho 1986). · cites it 4× “2d 671, 677-78 (1978), Justice Donaldson authored this *1298 Court's opinion, applying the exclusionary rule to suppress evidence taken by police officers in violation of Idaho's "knock and announce" statute, which is contained at I.C. §§ 19-611 and 19-4409. In State v. LePage,…”
Ker v. California, 374 U.S. 23 (1963). · cites it 2× “19 (1); Idaho Code § 19-611 ; Burns' Ind. Ann. Stat.”
State v. Gomez, 623 P.2d 110 (Idaho 1980). · cites it 4× “2d 671 (1978), we affirmed a trial court's suppression of evidence which was based, among other things, on the police officers' failure to comply with the Idaho knock and announce statutes, I.C. §§ 19-611 and -4409. The state's concern in Rauch , which was again expressed in…”
State v. Alesha Ann Green, 354 P.3d 446 (Idaho 2015). · cites it 4× “2d at 673 ; see also I.C. §§ 19-611 (requiring these actions in the context of arrests), 19-4409 (requiring these actions in the context of executing a search warrant).”
State v. Manthei, 939 P.2d 556 (Idaho 1997). · cites it 8× “[2] Idaho Code § 19-611 provides: Breaking doors and windows.”
State v. Pontier, 518 P.2d 969 (Idaho 1974). · cites it 4× “I.C. § 19-611 provides: 19-611. Breaking Doors and Windows.”
State v. Lancaster, 519 P.3d 1176 (Idaho 2022). · cites it 2× “In short, he contends that the common law history of notice requirements is equivalent, or at least as necessary, to the constitutional protections in knock-and-announce requirements under Idaho Code section 19-611. However, knock-and- announce laws have deep roots in the common…”
State v. Coma, 981 P.2d 754 (Idaho Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 4× “NOTES [1] Coma's challenge to the entry is based only on the Fourth Amendment.”
State v. Hall, 979 P.2d 624 (Idaho 1999). · cites it 4× “I.C. § 19-611. While this statute gives the police broad power in executing a warrant, this power may be restricted or limited.”
State v. Reyna, 130 P.3d 1162 (Idaho Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “Idaho Code Section 19-611 provides that the police may use force to enter a home to execute a properly issued arrest warrant if denied admittance after demanding admittance and explaining their purpose.”
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