A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to restrict the issuance of search warrants with respect to certain property possessed by persons who are not suspects in a criminal investigation.

Summary

Prohibits the issuance of a warrant to search for or seize any property, other than contraband, fruits of a crime, or things criminally possessed, that is in the possession or on the premises of a person who is not suspected of committing a crime with respect to such property. Allows the issuance of a warrant if there is reasonable cause to believe that such property will: (1) be destroyed; (2) be removed from the premises; or (3) otherwise become unavailable.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 23 January 1979

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