Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 18.02. Grounds For Issuance
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Art. 18.02. GROUNDS FOR ISSUANCE. A search warrant may be
issued to search for and seize:
(1) property acquired by theft or in any other manner which
makes its acquisition a penal offense;
(2) property specially designed, made, or adapted for or
commonly used in the commission of an offense;
(3) arms and munitions kept or prepared for the purposes of
insurrection or riot;
(4) weapons prohibited by the Penal Code;
(5) gambling devices or equipment, altered gambling
equipment, or gambling paraphernalia;
(6) obscene materials kept or prepared for commercial
distribution or exhibition, subject to the additional rules set
forth by law;
(7) a drug, controlled substance, immediate precursor,
chemical precursor, or other controlled substance property,
including an apparatus or paraphernalia kept, prepared, or
manufactured in violation of the laws of this state;
(8) any property the possession of which is prohibited by
law;
(9) implements or instruments used in the commission of a
crime;
(10) property or items, except the personal writings by the
accused, constituting evidence of an offense or constituting
evidence tending to show that a particular person committed an
offense;
(11) persons; or
(12) contraband subject to forfeiture under Chapter 59 of
this code.
Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 982, ch. 399, Sec. 2(E), eff.
Jan. 1, 1974; Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 640, ch. 237, Sec. 2, eff.
May 25, 1977; Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2790, ch. 755,
Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 12,
Sec. 3, eff. Oct. 18, 1989; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1099, Sec. 16,
eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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Last modified: August 11, 2007
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