MN SF600

Peace officers must provide notice of authority and purpose before entry when executing a search or arrest warrant, with limited exceptions.

"No knock" warrants may only be issued when the case involves a crime of violence and the warrant affidavit documents exigent circumstances showing imminent peril of bodily harm or threat to public safety.

The warrant affidavit must set forth facts with sufficient particularity that are reliably documented to provide the court with a substantive basis for the no knock exception.

"Crime of violence" is defined by reference to Minnesota Statutes section 624.712, subdivision 5.