Grounds for Issuance

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A search warrant may be issued on any one (1) of the following grounds:

  1. Where the property was stolen or embezzled;
  2. Where the property was used as the means of committing a felony;
  3. Where the property is in the possession of any person with the intent to use it as a means of committing a public offense, or in the possession of another to whom the person may have delivered it, for the purpose of concealing it, or preventing its discovery; and
  4. Any other ground provided by law.

Code 1858, § 5318; Shan.,§ 7296; mod. Code 1932, § 11898; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-502.

Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), § 18.80.

Law Reviews.

Search and Seizure Problems (E. C. Arnold), 16 Tenn. L. Rev. 291.


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