§ 12-5-2 - Grounds for issuance.
SECTION 12-5-2
§ 12-5-2 Grounds for issuance. – A warrant may be issued under this chapter to search for and seize any of thefollowing:
(1) Property stolen or embezzled, or obtained by any falsepretense, or pretenses, with intent to cheat or defraud within this state, orelsewhere;
(2) Property kept, suffered to be kept, concealed, deposited,or possessed in violation of law, or for the purpose of violating the law;
(3) Property designed or intended for use, or which is or hasbeen used, in violation of law, or as a means of committing a violation of law;
(4) Property which is evidence of the commission of a crime;or
(5) Samples of blood, saliva, hair, bodily tissues, bodilyfluids, or dental impressions from the body of a person, that may yieldevidence of the identity of the perpetrator of a crime when subjected toscientific or other forensic analysis. The foregoing samples, and the resultsof any scientific or other forensic analysis, shall be admissible in allcriminal proceedings, subject to application of the rules of evidence andcriminal procedure. When any of the foregoing samples are seized for scientificor forensic analysis, the seizure shall be conducted in accordance with theregulations, guidelines, or protocols of the department of health or the statecrime laboratory, as may be appropriate under the circumstances; or
(6) Samples of blood or breath that may yield evidence of thepresence of alcohol or a controlled substance when subjected to a chemicaltest, as contemplated in § 31-27-2. When any of the foregoing samples areseized for purposes of performing the aforementioned chemical test, the seizureshall be conducted in accordance with the regulations of the department ofhealth that apply to the consensual collection of such a sample for purposes ofthe chemical test contemplated by Rhode Island general laws § 31-27-2.