2006 Minnesota Code
Chapters 625 - 634 Criminal Procedure
Chapter 626 Training; Investigation, Apprehension; Reports
Section 626.05 DEFINITIONS.

626.05 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1. Search warrant. 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.
Subd. 2. Peace officer. The term "peace officer," as used in sections 626.04 to 626.17,
means a person who is licensed as a peace officer in accordance with section 626.84, 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,
University of Minnesota peace officer, Metropolitan Transit police officer, or State Patrol trooper
as authorized by section 299D.03.
Subd. 3. Crime. The term "crime" as used in sections 626.04 to 626.17 includes (1) those
offenses defined as crimes in section 609.02, subdivision 1, and (2) all violations of municipal
ordinances for which a misdemeanor sentence may be imposed.
History: 1963 c 849 s 3; 1976 c 2 s 154; 1977 c 82 s 4; 1979 c 258 s 21; 1983 c 359 s 112;
1986 c 444; 1988 c 447 s 1; 1989 c 334 art 6 s 11; 1990 c 502 s 7; 1993 c 326 art 7 s 13; 1995 c
189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1; 1997 c 129 art 2 s 15; 2002 c 291 s 4