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Section 54-33b – Search of person

May 11, 2021 | Connecticut, Criminal Procedure

(a) The consent of a person given to a law enforcement official to conduct a search of such person shall not, absent the existence of probable cause, constitute justification for such law enforcement official to conduct such search.
(b) A law enforcement official serving a search warrant may, if such official 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 female law enforcement official 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.

Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 54-33b

(1963, P.A. 652, S. 2; P.A. 80-313, S. 9; P.A. 01-72, S. 4.)

Amended by P.A. 20-0001,S. 22 of the 2020 July Special Session, eff. 10/1/2020.

Origin of former statute re search of person. 126 C. 433. 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.