Bosteder v. City of Renton

¶1 Fairhurst, J.

In a series of three decisions in 1994 and 1997, we determined that noncriminal administrative search warrants are invalid under the state constitution absent a court rule or statute that authorizes the issuance of such warrants. In those cases, we found no such authorizing statute or court rule and declared the warrants and *24searches purportedly conducted pursuant to those warrants void. We are now asked to determine whether the same type of warrant is also invalid under the fourth amendment to the United States Constitution absent an authorizing statute or court rule. We…