s. 487
Information for search warrant
Authority for a justice to issue a warrant to search a building, receptacle or place.
View official sourcePlain-language explanation
Section 487 sets out how police obtain a search warrant: sworn information, reasonable grounds, and judicial authorization.
Legal elements
- • Sworn information
- • Reasonable grounds to believe
- • Things related to an offence
- • Judicial authorization
Investigator notes
- • Often paired with production orders under s. 487.014.
Section text
A justice who is satisfied by information on oath that there are reasonable grounds to believe that there is in a building, receptacle or place…