2010 New York Code
CPL - Criminal Procedure
Part 3 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES
Title T - PROCEDURES FOR SECURING EVIDENCE BY MEANS OF COURT ORDER AND FOR SUPPRESSING EVIDENCE UNLAWFULLY OR IMPROPERLY OBTAINED
Article 690 - (690.05 - 690.55) SEARCH WARRANTS
690.05 - Search warrants; in general; definition.

§ 690.05  Search warrants; in general; definition.
    1.    Under circumstances prescribed in this article, a local criminal
  court may, upon application of a police officer, a district attorney  or
  other  public servant acting in the course of his official duties, issue
  a search warrant.
    2. A search warrant is a court order and process  directing  a  police
  officer to conduct:
    (a) a search of designated premises, or of a designated vehicle, or of
  a  designated  person, for the purpose of seizing designated property or
  kinds of property, and to deliver any property so obtained to the  court
  which issued the warrant; or
    (b) a search of a designated premises for the purpose of searching for
  and  arresting  a  person who is the subject of: (i) a warrant of arrest
  issued pursuant to this chapter, a  superior  court  warrant  of  arrest
  issued  pursuant to this chapter, or a bench warrant for a felony issued
  pursuant to this chapter, where the designated premises is the  dwelling
  of a third party who is not the subject of the arrest warrant; or
    (ii)  a  warrant  of arrest issued by any other state or federal court
  for an offense which would constitute a felony under the  laws  of  this
  state,  where  the  designated premises is the dwelling of a third party
  who is not the subject of the arrest warrant.