Section 15-5-2 Grounds for Issuance

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Alabama Code › Title 15 › Chapter 5 › Section 15-5-2

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A search warrant may be issued on any one of the following grounds:

(1) Where the property was stolen or embezzled;

(2) Where it was used as the means of committing a felony; or

(3) Where it is in the possession of any person with the intent to use it as a means of committing a public offense or in the possession of another to whom he may have delivered it for the purpose of concealing it or preventing its discovery.

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