New Jersey Statutes 33:1-56. Issuing search warrant; private dwellings
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 33:1-56
- magistrate: includes any judge, municipal magistrate or officer or other person having the powers of a committing magistrate. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
Any magistrate, hereinafter termed the “issuing magistrate” , may issue a search warrant in the manner hereinafter provided, to search any premises, building, vehicle or place whatsoever containing, or believed upon probable cause, to contain unlawful property; but no search warrant shall issue to search any private dwelling, occupied exclusively as such, unless there is probable cause to believe it is being used for, or in connection with, unlawful alcoholic beverage activity and provided that such use be evidenced by oath of some person, on his own knowledge.