Alaska Stat. § 12.35.020
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Grounds for issuance.
Official statutory text
A search warrant may be issued if the judicial officer reasonably believes any of the following: (1) that the property was stolen or embezzled;
(2) that the property was used as a means of committing a crime;
(3) that the property is in the possession of a person who intends to use it as the means of committing a crime, or in possession of another to whom the person may have delivered it for the purpose of concealing it or preventing its being discovered;
(4) that the property constitutes evidence of a particular crime or tends to show that a certain person has committed a particular crime;
(5) that either reasonable legislative or administrative standards for conducting a routine or area inspection with regard to air pollution are satisfied with respect to the particular place, dwelling, structure, premises, or vehicle, or there is reason to believe that a condition of nonconformity exists with respect to the particular place, dwelling, structure, premises, or vehicle.
(2) that the property was used as a means of committing a crime;
(3) that the property is in the possession of a person who intends to use it as the means of committing a crime, or in possession of another to whom the person may have delivered it for the purpose of concealing it or preventing its being discovered;
(4) that the property constitutes evidence of a particular crime or tends to show that a certain person has committed a particular crime;
(5) that either reasonable legislative or administrative standards for conducting a routine or area inspection with regard to air pollution are satisfied with respect to the particular place, dwelling, structure, premises, or vehicle, or there is reason to believe that a condition of nonconformity exists with respect to the particular place, dwelling, structure, premises, or vehicle.
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