California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §14489: Whenever the registrant or any member of any corporation or association which is the registrant takes an oath before any magistrate that he has reason to believe and does believe that any supplies are

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This statute establishes a procedure allowing a registrant to swear before a magistrate that supplies are being unlawfully used, sold, or hidden, authorizing the magistrate to issue a search warrant and summon the person in possession.

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Whenever the registrant or any member of any corporation or association which is the registrant takes an oath before any magistrate that he has reason to believe and does believe that any supplies are being unlawfully used, sold or secreted in any place, the magistrate shall issue a search warrant to discover and obtain the supplies and may also bring before him the person in whose possession the articles are found.

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