Search and seizure

Search - legal procedure by which the police commence search of an entity's property and seize/confiscate any relevant evidence. Article “Search and seizure” in English Wikipedia has 43.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 34 references and 7 sections.

This article has the best quality in German Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Search and seizure”, its content was written by 208 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 599 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 556 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2077 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #19032 in December 2005
• Global: #42859 in April 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #57162 in October 2008
• Global: #54299 in November 2013

There are 21 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	German (de) Durchsuchung (Recht)		69.4715
2	Hebrew (he) חיפוש ותפיסה		44.7337
3	English (en) Search and seizure		43.0693
4	Dutch (nl) Huiszoeking		38.8062
5	Korean (ko) 압수수색		30.8735
6	Norwegian (no) Ransaking		28.4243
7	Swedish (sv) Husrannsakan		27.4173
8	Russian (ru) Обыск		20.1218
9	Finnish (fi) Kotietsintä		18.8565
10	Romanian (ro) Percheziție		17.6407

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Search and seizure" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Search and seizure		1 672 570
2	German (de) Durchsuchung (Recht)		615 508
3	Spanish (es) Allanamiento		577 723
4	Russian (ru) Обыск		277 947
5	Portuguese (pt) Busca e apreensão		226 288
6	Dutch (nl) Huiszoeking		159 501
7	Swedish (sv) Husrannsakan		127 789
8	Korean (ko) 압수수색		110 351
9	Finnish (fi) Kotietsintä		101 576
10	Ukrainian (uk) Обшук		47 847

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Search and seizure" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Search and seizure		1 283
2	German (de) Durchsuchung (Recht)		855
3	Spanish (es) Allanamiento		338
4	Russian (ru) Обыск		211
5	Dutch (nl) Huiszoeking		195
6	Korean (ko) 압수수색		181
7	Romanian (ro) Percheziție		158
8	Finnish (fi) Kotietsintä		121
9	Ukrainian (uk) Обшук		102
10	Swedish (sv) Husrannsakan		75

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Search and seizure" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Search and seizure		208
2	German (de) Durchsuchung (Recht)		132
3	Dutch (nl) Huiszoeking		36
4	Finnish (fi) Kotietsintä		30
5	Hebrew (he) חיפוש ותפיסה		29
6	Swedish (sv) Husrannsakan		29
7	Russian (ru) Обыск		28
8	Ukrainian (uk) Обшук		20
9	Portuguese (pt) Busca e apreensão		18
10	Spanish (es) Allanamiento		13

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Search and seizure" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Greek (el) Έρευνα κατ' οίκον		1
2	Czech (cs) Domovní prohlídka		0
3	Danish (da) Ransagning		0
4	German (de) Durchsuchung (Recht)		0
5	English (en) Search and seizure		0
6	Spanish (es) Allanamiento		0
7	Finnish (fi) Kotietsintä		0
8	Hebrew (he) חיפוש ותפיסה		0
9	Armenian (hy) Խուզարկություն		0
10	Georgian (ka) ჩხრეკა		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Search and seizure" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Search and seizure		556
2	German (de) Durchsuchung (Recht)		520
3	Russian (ru) Обыск		158
4	Dutch (nl) Huiszoeking		134
5	Portuguese (pt) Busca e apreensão		128
6	Spanish (es) Allanamiento		104
7	Danish (da) Ransagning		95
8	Swedish (sv) Husrannsakan		76
9	Hebrew (he) חיפוש ותפיסה		49
10	Ukrainian (uk) Обшук		47

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#	Language	Value
cs	Czech Domovní prohlídka
da	Danish Ransagning
de	German Durchsuchung (Recht)
el	Greek Έρευνα κατ' οίκον
en	English Search and seizure
es	Spanish Allanamiento
fi	Finnish Kotietsintä
he	Hebrew חיפוש ותפיסה
hy	Armenian Խուզարկություն
ka	Georgian ჩხრეკა
kk	Kazakh Тінту
ko	Korean 압수수색
nl	Dutch Huiszoeking
no	Norwegian Ransaking
pt	Portuguese Busca e apreensão
ro	Romanian Percheziție
ru	Russian Обыск
simple	Simple English Search and seizure
sv	Swedish Husrannsakan
uk	Ukrainian Обшук
ur	Urdu تلاش اور ضبطی

Best Rank

English: #57162 10.2008

Global: #54299 11.2013

Best Rank

English: #19032 12.2005

Global: #42859 04.2004

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