Indiana § 6-7-1-25 Search warrants for untaxed cigarettes

Indiana Statutes

§ 6-7-1-25 — Search warrants for untaxed cigarettes

Indiana § 6-7-1-25

Art. 7TOBACCO TAXES

Ch. 1Cigarette Tax

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Ind. Code § 6-7-1-25 (2026).

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When the department has reason to believe that
any cigarettes are being kept, sold, offered for sale, or given away in
violation of this chapter, an officer of the department may make
affidavit of such fact, describing the place or thing to be searched
before a court of competent jurisdiction, and the judge thereof shall
issue a search warrant directed to the sheriff, constable, police officer,
or authorized agent of the department commanding him to search any
place or vehicle that may be designated in the affidavit and search
warrant, and to seize any cigarettes so possessed and to hold the same,
and to arrest the person in control or possession of the same. If upon
the return of the warrant it shall appear that cigarettes were seized the
same shall be sold according to law.
Formerly: Act

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When the department has reason to believe that
any cigarettes are being kept, sold, offered for sale, or given away in
violation of this chapter, an officer of the department may make
affidavit of such fact, describing the place or thing to be searched
before a court of competent jurisdiction, and the judge thereof shall
issue a search warrant directed to the sheriff, constable, police officer,
or authorized agent of the department commanding him to search any
place or vehicle that may be designated in the affidavit and search
warrant, and to seize any cigarettes so possessed and to hold the same,
and to arrest the person in control or possession of the same. If upon
the return of the warrant it shall appear that cigarettes were seized the
same shall be sold according to law.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.222, s.24. As amended by P.L.2-1988,
SEC.31.