2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 54 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 959 - Court Jurisdiction and Power
Section 54-33b - Search of person.
The officer serving a search warrant may, if such officer has reason to believe that any of the property described in the warrant is concealed in the garments of any person in or upon the place or thing to be searched, search the person for the purpose of seizing the same. When the person to be searched is a woman, the search shall be made by a policewoman or other woman assisting in the service of the warrant, or by a woman designated by the judge or judge trial referee issuing the warrant.
(1963, P.A. 652, S. 2; P.A. 80-313, S. 9; P.A. 01-72, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 80-313 rephrased provisions but made no substantive changes; P.A. 01-72 made a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality and added reference to judge trial referee.
Cited. 28 CS 23.
Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 44, 46. Search of person on premises of store searched under warrant was constitutional as statute provides for reasonable searches and seizes, not unreasonable ones. Id., 637.
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