Del. Code 11, § 2303 : Crimes And Criminal Procedure — Search And Seizure — General Provisions — Search without warrant incident to arrest

Current through 2016 Legislative Session, Act 399

A search of a person, house, building, conveyance, place or other thing may be made without a warrant if:

(1) The search is made incidental to and contemporaneous with a lawful arrest;

(2) The search is made in order to find and seize:

a. The fruits of a crime;

b. The means by which the crime was committed;

c. Weapons and other things to effect an escape from arrest or custody; and

d. Evidentiary matter pertaining to the commission of a crime.

Del. C. § 2303

Code 1935, § 5343-CC; 48 Del. Laws, c. 303; 11 Del. C. 1953, § 2303; 56 Del. Laws, c. 422, § 3.;