§ 16-3-301. Search warrants - issuance - grounds

CO Rev Stat § 16-3-301 (2018) (N/A)
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(1) A search warrant authorized by this section may be issued by any judge of a court of record.

(2) A search warrant may be issued under this section to search for and seize any property:

(a) Which is stolen or embezzled; or

(b) Which is designed or intended for use as a means of committing a criminal offense; or

(c) Which is or has been used as a means of committing a criminal offense; or

(d) The possession of which is illegal; or

(e) Which would be material evidence in a subsequent criminal prosecution in this state or in another state; or

(f) The seizure of which is expressly required, authorized, or permitted by any statute of this state; or

(g) Which is kept, stored, maintained, transported, sold, dispensed, or possessed in violation of a statute of this state, under circumstances involving a serious threat to public safety or order or to public health; or

(h) Which would aid in the detection of the whereabouts of or in the apprehension of a person for whom a lawful arrest warrant is outstanding.

(3) A search warrant may be issued under this section to search for any person for whom a lawful arrest warrant is outstanding.