Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1222
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Grounds for issuance of search warrant - Seizure of
Official statutory text
property.
A. A search warrant may be issued and property seized upon any
of the following grounds:
First: When the property was stolen or embezzled, in which case
it may be taken on the warrant, from any house or other place in
which it is concealed, or from the possession of the person by whom
it was stolen or embezzled, or of any other person in whose
possession it may be.
Second: When it was used as the means of committing a felony,
in which case it may be taken on the warrant from any house or other
place in which it is concealed, or from the possession of the person
by whom it was used in the commission of the offense, or of any
other person in whose possession it may be.
Third: When it is in the possession of any person, with the
intent to use it as the means of committing a public offense, or in
the possession of another to whom the person may have delivered it
for the purpose of concealing it or preventing its being discovered,
in which case it may be taken on the warrant from such person, or
from a house or other place occupied by the person, or under the
person’s control, or from the possession of the person to whom the
person may have so delivered it.
Fourth: When the property constitutes evidence that an offense
was committed or that a particular person participated in the
commission of an offense.
Fifth: When there is probable cause to believe that, at a
future time, the property or items sought which are intended to be
used to commit a public offense, will be located at a particular
place. Under such circumstances, the magistrate shall insert a
direction in the search warrant making execution of the warrant
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 476
contingent upon the happening of an event which evidences probable
cause that the item to be seized is in the place to be searched.
Sixth: As authorized by any provision of the Security of
Communications Act.
B. A search warrant may be issued to allow peace officers to
enter, search for, and seize a person for whom an arrest warrant has
been issued.
A. A search warrant may be issued and property seized upon any
of the following grounds:
First: When the property was stolen or embezzled, in which case
it may be taken on the warrant, from any house or other place in
which it is concealed, or from the possession of the person by whom
it was stolen or embezzled, or of any other person in whose
possession it may be.
Second: When it was used as the means of committing a felony,
in which case it may be taken on the warrant from any house or other
place in which it is concealed, or from the possession of the person
by whom it was used in the commission of the offense, or of any
other person in whose possession it may be.
Third: When it is in the possession of any person, with the
intent to use it as the means of committing a public offense, or in
the possession of another to whom the person may have delivered it
for the purpose of concealing it or preventing its being discovered,
in which case it may be taken on the warrant from such person, or
from a house or other place occupied by the person, or under the
person’s control, or from the possession of the person to whom the
person may have so delivered it.
Fourth: When the property constitutes evidence that an offense
was committed or that a particular person participated in the
commission of an offense.
Fifth: When there is probable cause to believe that, at a
future time, the property or items sought which are intended to be
used to commit a public offense, will be located at a particular
place. Under such circumstances, the magistrate shall insert a
direction in the search warrant making execution of the warrant
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 476
contingent upon the happening of an event which evidences probable
cause that the item to be seized is in the place to be searched.
Sixth: As authorized by any provision of the Security of
Communications Act.
B. A search warrant may be issued to allow peace officers to
enter, search for, and seize a person for whom an arrest warrant has
been issued.
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