This paper clarifies the relevance of search as one of the most important measures of procedural coercion and evidence collection procedure for the purpose of conducting criminal proceedings. In their work, police officers carry out searches of person, homes and movable property on a daily basis, most often to find objects that are connected with certain criminal offences. That is why the process of carrying out searches is subject to many mistakes by police officers. The content of this paper can be of great help to police officers in future procedures dealing with searches in a legal and correct way. This paper consists of the introduction, seven units and the conclusion. The final paper lists and explains the measures and actions of procedural coercion and limitation of citizens’ fundamental rights and freedoms for the purpose of criminal proceedings. It also analyses all evidence collection procedures conducted for the purpose of criminal proceedings, as well as explains the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act regarding to all searches, so called common provisions, and the provisions related to certain types of searches with a special emphasis on search of person, search of home and other premises and search of movable property and bank vault. Five judgments of the Supreme Court have been analysed, where the Court ruled with regard to appeals on judgments of county courts in matters were searches were carried out due to suspicion of committing criminal offences of narcotic drug abuse. Difference is explained between the search as an evidence collection procedure and the inspection as an investigatory police action. The paper thoroughly explains when and how to conduct the inspection and when to carry out the search in case of criminal offences of narcotic drug abuse. This paper concludes with the fact that in everyday practice it is more and more difficult to obtain a search warrant from the court, due to protection of citizens’ personal freedoms and rights. Whenever there is a reasonable probability that search could result in finding the objects connected to certain criminal offences that could help in conducting criminal proceedings, it is necessary to be persistent in obtaining the search warrant from the competent court, and to conduct the search in a professional manner, once the warrant has been obtained.