New Hampshire Revised Statutes 595-A:1 – Issuance of Search Warrants; Purposes
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A search warrant authorized by this chapter may be issued by any justice, associate justice or special justice of the municipal, district or superior courts to search for and seize any property which is:
I. Stolen, embezzled or fraudulently obtained;
II. Designed or intended for use or which is or has been used as the means of committing a criminal offense;
III. Contraband; or
IV. Evidence of the crime to which the probable cause upon which the search warrant is issued relates.
I. Stolen, embezzled or fraudulently obtained;
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 595-A:1
- 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.
- justice: when applied to a magistrate, shall mean a justice of a municipal court, or a justice of the peace having jurisdiction over the subject-matter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:12
- Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
II. Designed or intended for use or which is or has been used as the means of committing a criminal offense;
III. Contraband; or
IV. Evidence of the crime to which the probable cause upon which the search warrant is issued relates.