Connecticut § 54-33d Interference with search.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 54-33d — Interference with search.

Connecticut § 54-33d

Title 54Criminal Procedure

Ch. 959Court Jurisdiction and Power

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-33d (2026).

Text

Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates or interferes with any person authorized to serve or execute search warrants or to make searches and seizures while engaged in the performance of his duties with regard thereto or on account of the performance of such duties, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both; and any person who in committing any violation of this section uses any deadly or dangerous weapon shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years or both.

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Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates or interferes with any person authorized to serve or execute search warrants or to make searches and seizures while engaged in the performance of his duties with regard thereto or on account of the performance of such duties, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both; and any person who in committing any violation of this section uses any deadly or dangerous weapon shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years or both.

Legislative History

(1963, P.A. 652, S. 5.) Cited. 165 C. 239. Cited. 11 CA 47; 24 CA 330. Act of clenching mouth shut to avert DNA swab constitutes use of physical force to evade search warrant in violation of section. 144 CA 353. Cited. 30 CS 211. Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 176.