11 Del. C. § 2303: Search without warrant incident to arrest.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 11. Crimes and Criminal Procedure
- Criminal Procedure Generally
- CHAPTER 23. Search and Seizure
- Subchapter I. General Provisions
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.
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