New York Consolidated Laws

N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 690.05 (2026)

Search warrants; in general; definition

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§ 690.05  Search warrants; in general; definition.
  1.  Under circumstances prescribed in this article, a local criminal
court may, upon application of a police officer, a district attorney or
other public servant acting in the course of his official duties, issue
a search warrant.
  2. A search warrant is a court order and process directing a police
officer to conduct:
  (a) a search of designated premises, or of a designated vehicle, or of
a designated person, for the purpose of seizing designated property or
kinds of property, and to deliver any property so obtained to the court
which issued the warrant; or
  (b) a search of a designated premises for the purpose of searching for
and arresting a person who is the subject of: (i) a warrant of arrest
issued pursuant to this chapter, a superior court warrant of arrest
issued pursuant to this chapter, or a bench warrant for a felony issued
pursuant to this chapter, where the designated premises is the dwelling
of a third party who is not the subject of the arrest warrant; or
  (ii) a warrant of arrest issued by any other state or federal court
for an offense which would constitute a felony under the laws of this
state, where the designated premises is the dwelling of a third party
who is not the subject of the arrest warrant.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2002–2002 · leading case: People v. M.A., 194 Misc. 2d 449 (N.Y. City Crim. Ct. 2002).
People v. M.A., 194 Misc. 2d 449 (N.Y. City Crim. Ct. 2002). “( 56 NY2d 288, 293, 294 [1982]), where the Court of Appeals derived Criminal Term’s authority to compel the taking of a blood sample from an uncharged suspect from the court’s authority *452 to issue a search warrant pursuant to Criminal Procedure Law § 690.05 (2). 4 There is,…”
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