Search without warrant unlawful—Penalty.
Applied in 25 court decisions — leading case Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Most recently applied in State v. Budd (March 2015)
2010 c 8 s 1062; 2003 c 53 s 95; 1921 c 71 s 1; RRS s 2240-1
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any police officer or other peace officer to enter and search any private dwelling house or place of residence without the authority of a search warrant issued upon a complaint as by law provided.
(2) Any police officer or other peace officer violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.