§ 19-2.5-206 — Search warrants - application

Colorado § 19-2.5-206

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 19: Children's
• Art.: The Colorado Juvenile Justice System

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(1) A search warrant shall issue
only on affidavit sworn to or affirmed before the judge or juvenile magistrate and
relating facts sufficient to:

(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) Establish the grounds for issuance of the warrant or probable cause to
believe that such grounds exist; and

(d) Establish probable cause to believe that the property to be searched for,
seized, or inspected is located at, in, or upon the premises, person, place, or thing to
be searched.

(2) The affidavit required by this section may include sworn testimony
reduced to writing and signed under oath by the witness giving the testimony
before issuance of the warrant. A copy of the affidavit and a copy of the transcript
of testimony taken in support of the request for a search warrant must be attached
to the search warrant filed with the court.

(3) The supreme court may establish rules for procedures governing
application for and issuance of search warrants consistent with this section.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 570, � 2, effective October 1.