Seizure of documents, items, materials and messages containing restricted access information in the course of operational-search action inspection of premises, buildings, structures, terrain and vehicles

The problematic issues of seizing documents, items, materials and messages containing restricted access information in the course of operational-search action inspection of premises, buildings, structures, terrain and vehicles are considered in the article. Based on the analysis of current legislation in the given field the author comes to the conclusion that the seizure of documents, items, materials and messages containing commercial or other secrets, protected by law, must be performed according to the court resolution. Systemic interpretation of normative and legal acts (of federal laws «On Operational Search Activity», «On Police», Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation) in their correlation indicates the necessity of such court resolution.