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     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. 

    HIST: 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 

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