1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; limiting the circumstances under which a "no knock" 
1.3 	search or arrest may be conducted; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes, chapter 626.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [626.19] NO KNOCK SEARCHES AND ARRESTS.
1.7 	(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), when executing a search or arrest warrant, 
1.8 	before entry, a peace officer shall give notice of the authority and purpose of the entry.
1.9 	(b) A warrant may dispense with the notice and purpose requirement of paragraph 
1.10 	(a) only if the case involves a crime of violence and the warrant affidavit sets forth exigent 
1.11 	circumstances with sufficient particularity disclosing facts that are reliably documented 
1.12 	and furnishing the court with a substantive basis for believing that there is an imminent 
1.13 	peril of bodily harm or threat to public safety.
1.14 	(c) As used in this section, crime of violence has the meaning given in section 
1.15 	624.712, subdivision 5.