Search Warrant; Grounds for Issuance.

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Sec. 2.

(1) A warrant may be issued to search for and seize any property or other thing that is 1 or more of the following:

(a) Stolen or embezzled in violation of a law of this state.

(b) Designed and intended for use, or that is or has been used, as the means of committing a crime.

(c) Possessed, controlled, or used wholly or partially in violation of a law of this state.

(d) Evidence of crime or criminal conduct.

(e) Contraband.

(f) The body or person of a human being or of an animal that may be the victim of a crime.

(g) The object of a search warrant under another law of this state providing for the search warrant. If there is a conflict between this act and another search warrant law, this act controls.

(2) A warrant may be issued to search for and seize a person who is the subject of either of the following:

(a) An arrest warrant for the apprehension of a person charged with a crime.

(b) A bench warrant issued in a criminal case.

History: 1966, Act 189, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 10, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 2009


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