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Originally Posted by Donna Jean  That is sad, what if they put the dog in a blanket so he can't be heard barking, without a warrant the police can not enter that house. |
That is correct. Without a warrant, the dog must be seen inside the house while people are outside of it, positively ID'd in their presence, and then the police can enter and immeidately seize the dog IF they want to. There can't be a delay between the ID and the seizure. They must be present.
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Originally Posted by Donna Jean Galatea, do you know how long it takes to get a search warrant if the police will listen to our pleas for one in order to find ZEKE? If we do not have a search warrent when we get to the house than decide to get one because we heard a dog bark but could not see it by the time we got a search warrant they could move the dog to who knows where. |
Warrants in emergencies can be obtained in 30 minutes or less - however, I doubt the police will consider this an emergency.