Minn. Stat. § 626.05 : CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; PEASE OFFICERS; PRIVACY OF COMMUNICATIONS — PEACE OFFICERS; AUTHORITY; TRAINING; REPORTING —SEARCH WARRANTS — DEFINITIONS

A "search warrant" is an order in writing, in the name of the state, signed by a court other than a court exercising probate jurisdiction, directed to a peace officer, commanding the peace officer to make a search as authorized by law and hold any item seized, subject to the order of a court.

The term "peace officer," as used in sections 62604. to 62617., means a person who is licensed as a peace officer in accordance with section 62684., subdivision 1, and who serves as a sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, conservation officer, agent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, agent of the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement, peace officer of the Commerce Fraud Bureau, University of Minnesota peace officer, Metropolitan Transit police officer, Minnesota Department of Corrections Fugitive Apprehension Unit member, or State Patrol trooper as authorized by section 299D03..

The term "crime," as used in sections 62604. to 62617., includes (1) those offenses defined as crimes in section 60902., subdivision 1, and (2) all violations of municipal ordinances for which a misdemeanor sentence may be imposed.