Walk It Through: The Search Warrant
A warrant described with particularity, ten days to use it, and a class D felony.
Officers come to a house early one morning with a search warrant.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One house and one bag. Marijuana, which the constitution governs, a search without a warrant, and bail are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Search warrantA warrant identifying what is to be searched for and the place to be searched in enough detail that the officer can readily tell what and whom, executed only by a peace officer.
- Class D misdemeanorThe lowest misdemeanor class, carrying a fine of up to five hundred dollars and no term of imprisonment in the table.
- InfractionAn offense carrying a fine of up to four hundred dollars.