Minnesota Statutes 626.07 – Grounds for Issuance
A search warrant may be issued upon any of the following grounds:
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 626.07
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
(1) the property or things were stolen or embezzled;
(2) the property or things were used as the means of committing a crime;
(3) the possession of the property or things constitutes a crime;
(4) the property or things are in the possession of any person with the intent to use them as a means of committing a crime, or the property or things so intended to be used are in the possession of another to whom they have been delivered for the purpose of concealing them or preventing their being discovered;
(5) the property or things to be seized consist of any item or constitute any evidence which tends to show a crime has been committed, or tends to show that a particular person has committed a crime.
The property or things described in this section may be taken pursuant to the warrant from any place, or from any person in whose possession they may be.