Walk It Through: The Search Warrant at Dawn
A knock at six, a warrant for a house, cash on the dresser, and the property that can and cannot be kept.
At six in the morning, officers knock with a warrant to search a rented house for drugs sold by a roommate.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A search for a roommate's drugs. The forfeiture case's own procedure and deadlines, a criminal charge against the tenant and a search without a warrant 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.