5-03/200.00 - Property of Prisoners



The subsections which follow outline the procedures for the handling of prisoner's property under various conditions.

Pursuant to Government Code section 26640, money or property booked in with an inmate and later suspected as evidence of a crime may be removed for examination or introduction into evidence by an investigating officer without obtaining the prisoner's consent and without obtaining prior court approval.

The person removing the property shall sign for the property on the reverse side of the B&PR.