# Iowa Code § 808.6: Forcible execution

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.6

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 808.6
- **Heading:** Forcible execution
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 808 / Section 808.6

## Text

(1) The officer may break into any structure or vehicle where reasonably necessary to execute the warrant if, after notice of this authority and purpose the officer’s admittance has not been immediately authorized. The officer may use reasonable force to enter a structure or vehicle to execute a search warrant without notice of the officer’s authority and purpose in the case of vacated or abandoned structures or vehicles.

(2) The officer executing a search warrant may break restraints when necessary for the officer’s own liberation or to effect the release of a person who has entered a place to aid the officer.

[C51, §3298; R60, §5033, 5034; C73, §4638, 4639; C97, §5553, 5554; C24, 27, 31, §13426, 13427; C35, §13441-g9, -g10; C39, §13441.09, 13441.10; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §751.9, 751.10; C79, 81, §808.6]2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 808.1 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.1.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.2 Authorization.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.2.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.3 Application for search warrant.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.3.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.4 Issuance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.4.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.4A Application for search warrant global positioning device issuance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.4A.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.5 Execution.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.5.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.6 Forcible execution.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.6.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.7 Detention and search of persons on premises.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.7.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.8 Return.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.8.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.9 Safekeeping of seized property.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.9.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.10 Maliciously suing out a warrant — officer exceeding authority.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.10.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.11 Transmission of documents to district court clerk.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.11.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.12 Detention and search in theft of library materials and shoplifting.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.12.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.13 Confidentiality.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.13.md)

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