{"id":14201,"date":"2018-02-17T20:22:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14201"},"modified":"2023-04-16T17:06:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T17:06:10","slug":"no-knock-search-warrant-a-type-of-search-warrant-that-authorizes-exception-to-the-knock-and-announce-rule-because-a-prior-announcement-would-probably-lead-to-the-destruction-of-the-objects-searched","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14201","title":{"rendered":"no-knock search warrant – a type of search warrant that authorizes exception to the knock-and-announce rule because a prior announcement would probably lead to the destruction of the objects searched for or someone(s) safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Notice:<\/span> A no-knock search warrant provides an exception to the<\/span><\/strong> knock-and-announce rule<\/em><\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

knock-and-announce rule<\/span><\/a> – officers must knock and announce their identity, authority, and purpose before entering a residence to execute an arrest<\/a> or search warrant<\/a>. <\/span><\/strong>\u2014 aka knock-and-notice rule<\/em><\/strong><\/span>.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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no-knock search warrant<\/span>:<\/span>
\n<\/strong> (1972)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A search warrant<\/a> that authorizes the police to enter premises without knocking and announcing their presence and purpose before entry because a prior announcement would lead to the destruction of the objects searched for or would endanger the safety of the police or another person.<\/strong>
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no-knock search<\/span>:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>(1970)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A search<\/a> of property by the police without knocking and announcing their<\/strong>\u00a0presence and purpose before entry.\u00a0 *\u00a0 A no-knock search warrant may be issued under limited circumstances, as when a prior announcement would probably lead to the destruction of the objects searched for, or would endanger the safety of the police or another person.\u00a0 Such a search<\/a> is usually effected by knocking down (not on) a door.<\/strong>\u00a0[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/a>\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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