Rhode Island General Laws 30-9-11. Search warrant
Any court of the state empowered to issue search warrants, on complaint on oath made to it by the adjutant general, by any commissioned officer authorized by the adjutant general, or by any commanding officer of any organization, unit, or separate detachment of the national guard, that any arms, ammunition, uniforms, equipment, supplies, or other military property of the state, or for which the state is responsible, is unlawfully being withheld by any person within the jurisdiction of the court, and where the military property is believed to be in a particular place specified in the complaint, shall issue to any deputy sheriff, town sergeant, member of any municipal or state police, or town constable a warrant in the nature of a search warrant, commanding him or her, in the name of the state, diligently to search the house or place described therein, in the daytime and, upon the finding of the military property, the court issuing the warrant shall order the property to be delivered to the officer making the complaint.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 149; G.L. 1956, § 30-9-11; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 58; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 31; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 31.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 30-9-11
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9