Sec. 2. (1) A warrant may be issued to search for and seize any property or other thing that is 1 or more of the following: (a) Stolen or embezzled in violation of a law of this state. (b) Designed and intended for use, or that is or has been used, as the means of committing a crime. (c) Possessed, controlled, or used wholly or partially in violation of a law of this state. (d) Evidence of crime or criminal conduct. (e) Contraband. (f) The body or person of a human being or of an animal that may be the victim of a crime. (g) The object of a search warrant under another law of this state providing for the search warrant. If there is a conflict between this act and another search warrant law, this act controls. (2) A warrant may be issued to search for and seize a person who is the subject of either of the following: (a) An arrest warrant for the apprehension of a person charged with a crime. (b) A bench warrant issued in a criminal case.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.652
Search warrant; grounds for issuance
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case State v. Intercontinental, Ltd. (1985)
Most recently applied in Sampson v. Blue Cross Blue Shield (February 2014)
1966, Act 189, Eff
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