Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 16-3-301 — Search warrants - issuance - grounds - exception - definitions.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 3: SEARCHES AND SEIZURES, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 16-3-301
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
(1) A search warrant authorized by this section may be issued by any judge of a court of record. (2) A search warrant may be issued under this section to search for and seize any property: (a) Which is stolen or embezzled; or (b) Which is designed or intended for use as a means of committing a criminal offense; or (c) Which is or has been used as a means of committing a criminal offense; or (d) The possession of which is illegal; or (e) Which would be material evidence in a subsequent criminal prosecution in this state or in another state; or (f) The seizure of which is expressly required, authorized, or permitted by any statute of this state; or (g) Which is kept, stored, maintained, transported, sold, dispensed, or possessed in violation of a statute of this state, under circumstances involving a serious threat to public safety or order or to public health; or (h) Which would aid in the detection of the whereabouts of or in the apprehension of a person for whom a lawful arrest warrant is outstanding. (3) A search warrant may be issued under this section to search for any person for whom a lawful arrest warrant is outstanding. (4) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, a court shall not issue a search warrant to search for and seize any property that relates to an investigation into a legally protected health-care activity, as defined in section 12-30-121 (1)(d).
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