Source: https://development.code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/code/sections/23-521.html
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 12:49:06+00:00

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D.C. Law Library - § 23–521. Nature and issuance of search warrants.
↪ Subchapter II. Search Warrants.
↪ § 23–521. Nature and issuance of search warrants.
§ 23–522. Applications for search warrants.
§ 23–521. Nature and issuance of search warrants.
(a) Under circumstances described in this subchapter, a judicial officer may issue a search warrant upon application of a law enforcement officer or prosecutor. A warrant may authorize a search to be conducted anywhere in the District of Columbia and may be executed pursuant to its terms.
(c) A search warrant may direct the seizure of designated property or kinds of property, and the seizure may include, to such extent as is reasonable under all the circumstances, taking physical or other impressions, or performing chemical, scientific, or other tests or experiments of, from, or upon designated premises, vehicles, or objects.
(4) constitutes evidence of or tends to demonstrate the commission of an offense, the identity of a person participating in the commission of an offense, or the identity of a person who is the victim of a crime.
(e) A search warrant may be addressed to a specific law enforcement officer or to any classification of officers of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia or other agency authorized to make arrests or execute process in the District of Columbia.
(6) a direction that the warrant and an inventory of any property seized pursuant thereto be returned to the court on the next court day after its execution.
This section is referenced in § 1-301.89a, § 23-522, § 23-523, and § 23-524.
Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, search warrants, see § 25-803.
Businesses, examination of books and search of premises of certain businesses, see § 5-117.02.
Cruelty to animals, search warrants to prevent, see § 22-1005.
Gaming houses or bawdy houses, authorization of searches, see § 5-115.06.
Milk containers, search warrants to discover illegal use, see §§ 36-125 and 36-155.
Pawned or pledged property, examination of property, see § 5-117.03.
Raids, prohibition of advance information of raids to attorneys or bondsmen, see § 23-1109.
Uniform Narcotic Drug Act, search warrants, see § 48-902.04.
Weights, Measures, and Markets, warrantless searches by Director, see § 37-201.24.

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