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§ 2303. Search without warrant incident to arrest.

A search of a person, house, building, conveyance, place or other thing may be made without a warrant if:

(1) The search is made incidental to and contemporaneous with a lawful arrest;

(2) The search is made in order to find and seize:

a. The fruits of a crime;

b. The means by which the crime was committed;

c. Weapons and other things to effect an escape from arrest or custody; and

d. Evidentiary matter pertaining to the commission of a crime.

Code 1935, §§ 5343-CC;  48 Del. Laws, c. 303;  11 Del. C. 1953, § 2303;  56 Del. Laws, c. 422, § 3;