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ARTICLE · 16 SEPTEMBER 2011

Corporate Search Warrant Protocol: Email To Employees

Cozen O'Connor
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After publishing "Search Warrant Protocol - What Every Company Should Do to Prepare", I received a number of requests for a sample notice-of-warrant email from a company to its employees.

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Hayes Hunt
Hayes Hunt

After publishing "Search Warrant Protocol - What Every Company Should Do to Prepare", I received a number of requests for a sample notice-of-warrant email from a company to its employees. Here you go:

  • Our offices are being searched by law enforcement officers. Do not obstruct the search. The officers have a legal right to certain items and documents related to the warrant.
  • We are complying with the warrant. You should be cooperative and assist law enforcement in locating relevant files. However, please do not "consent" to any search or sign any documents on behalf of the company.
  • For example, if an officer asks where documents are located, feel free to show her. On the other hand, if the officer asks you how the documents were created or what they mean, you are under no obligation to answer. Merely show the officer the documents without comment.

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