§ 16-3-304 — Search warrants - contents

Colorado § 16-3-304

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 16: Criminal
• Art.: Arrest - Searches and Seizures

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(1) If the judge is satisfied that
grounds for the application exist or that there is probable cause to believe that
such grounds exist, he shall issue a search warrant, which shall:

(a) Identify or describe, as nearly as may be, the premises, person, place, or
thing to be searched;

(b) Identify or describe, as nearly as may be, the property to be searched for,
seized, or inspected;

(c) State the grounds or probable cause for its issuance; and

(d) State the names of the persons whose affidavits or testimony have been
taken in support thereof.

(2) The search warrant may also contain such other and further orders as the
judge deems necessary to comply with the provisions of a statute, charter, or
ordinance, or to provide for the custody or delivery to the proper officer of any
property seized under the warrant, or otherwise to accomplish the purposes of the
warrant.

(3) Unless the court otherwise directs, every search warrant authorizes the
officer executing the same:

(a) To execute and serve the warrant at any time; and

(b) To use and employ such force as is reasonably necessary in the
performance of the duties commanded by the warrant.

Legislative History

Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 201, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 39-3-304.