Reply #217: You do NOT need to knock to serve a Search Warrant [View All]

[happyslug]

The Search Warrant is a statement from a Judge that the Police have shown probable cause that evidence of a crime is present at the location. If the police believe that the evidence may be destroyed if the Police knock to enter first, the Police do NOT have knock for the Police have always had the right to enter without ANY warning if their had a warrant. If the situation is less likely that the evidence will be destroyed then the police should knock (and in many states that is required in such situations) but the decision is left up to the police serving the warrant.