481A.13  Search warrants.

Any court having jurisdiction of the offense, upon receiving proof of probable cause for believing that any fish, mussels, clams, frogs, birds, furs, or animals caught, taken, killed, had in possession, under control, or shipped, contrary to the Code, or hidden or concealed in any place, shall issue a search warrant and cause a search to be made in any place therefor. The property so seized under warrant shall be safely kept under the direction of the court so long as necessary for the purpose of being used as evidence in any trial, and if a trial results in a conviction the property seized shall be confiscated by the director or the director's officers.

Section History: Early form

  [SS15, § 2539; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1716; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 109.13]

Section History: Recent form

  88 Acts, ch 1216, § 4

  C93, § 481A.13

Internal References

  Referred to in § 481A.11

Footnotes

  Search warrant proceedings, chapters 808 and 809


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