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Lord Advocate’s guidelines: Search and seizure and retention of property

Lord Advocate’s guidelines on search, seizure of retention of property. Guidelines are issued under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

First published

24 Feb 2017

Last updated

06 Apr 2021

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Lord Advocate’s guidelines on the search and seizure and retention of property

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These guidelines are issued by the Lord Advocate under Section 127R of Proceeds of Crime Act 2000. These guidelines outline how police officers should exercise powers of search, seizure and retention and the circumstances in which the seizure of property requires to be reported to COPFS Proceeds of Crime Unit (POCU).