KRS 242.370: Search and seizure.

(1) When an officer or any reputable citizen files an affidavit with any Circuit or

District Judge, describing premises or a vehicle, where alcoholic beverages are sold,

disposed of or possessed in violation of this chapter, the judge shall by his warrant

cause the premises or vehicle to be searched for the detection of any alcoholic

beverages which are possessed, or kept for disposition, in violation of this chapter.

(2) Any officer receiving such a warrant shall immediately execute it on the day it is

received.

(3) If admission is not given on demand, the officers enforcing the warrant shall force

an entrance into the premises or vehicle. If the officer finds that alcoholic beverages

are being illegally sold, disposed of or possessed, he shall seize the alcoho lic

beverages, arrest the keeper or person in charge of the premises, vehicle or alcoholic

beverages and carry the person arrested and the alcoholic beverages before the judge

that has issued the warrant.

(4) No search warrant as provided for in this secti on shall be quashed if it and the

affidavit on which it is based are sufficient on the face. If the search warrant is

quashed no property taken by virtue of it shall be ordered returned unless the person

from whose possession the property was taken both al leges and proves that he was

in lawful possession of the property.