When the state patrol has good reason to believe that fuel is being unlawfully imported, kept, sold, offered for sale, blended, or manufactured in violation of this chapter or rules adopted under it, the state patrol may make an affidavit of that fact, describing the place or thing to be searched, before a judge of any court in this state, and the judge must issue a search warrant directed to the state patrol commanding the officer diligently to search any place or vehicle designated in the affidavit and search warrant, and to seize the fuel and conveyance so possessed and to hold them until disposed of by law, and to arrest the person in possession or control of them.
[ 2013 c 225 § 135; 2003 c 358 § 11.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2013 c 225: See note following RCW 82.38.010.
Captions not law—2003 c 358: See note following RCW 82.38.270.