HB 2151

Abstract

Search warrants; daytime execution; exceptions.Provides an exception to the requirement that a search warrantbe executed only in the daytime if, prior to the issuance of thesearch warrant, law-enforcement officers lawfully entered and securedthe place to be searched and subsequently have remained at such placecontinuously. The bill provides that such search warrant may be executedat any time of day without authorization from a judge or magistrate.The bill also allows a law-enforcement officer to seek authorizationfrom a magistrate to execute a search warrant at a time other thandaytime without first having to make reasonable efforts to locatea judge if such search warrant was issued after 5 p.m.