If the person to be arrested has committed a felony, and a private person, after notice of the intention to make the arrest, be refused admittance, the private person may break open an outer or inner door or window of the dwelling house of the person to be arrested, for the purpose of making the arrest.
R.L.1910, § 5662. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 460, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.