California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Penal Code - PEN |
Part 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Title 12. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CRIMINAL NATURE |
Chapter 3. Of Search Warrants |
Section 1523.
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A search warrant is an order in writing, in the name of the people, signed by a magistrate, directed to a peace officer, commanding him or her to search for a person or persons, a thing or things, or personal property, and, in the case of a thing or things or personal property, bring the same before the magistrate.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1078, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 1997.)