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8 verbatim requirements from admin. order AO 3.16 - Returns Of Search Warrants (12/17/02) [Criminal].
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/ao/ao_3_16.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • The judge or magistrate to whom said search warrant is returned shall file the same with the inventory and sworn return in the proper office, and if the original affidavit and proofs upon which the warrant was issued are in his or her possession, he or she shall apply to the officer having the same and the officer shall transmit and deliver all of the papers, proofs and certificates to the proper office where the proceedings are lodged. • When a return of search warrant, inventory, and related materials are returned to a member of the judiciary after execution, the judge shall review the materials to insure that they are proper. • If the materials are in proper order, the judge shall forward these materials to the Office of the • An applicant for access to search warrant records (applicant) shall apply in writing to the proper office (Clerk) pursuant to the procedure set forth in Rule 2.051(e). • The Clerks of Courts shall thereupon disclose these records unless the State Attorney's Office or the law enforcement agency involved in the search warrant contends that it is part of an ongoing criminal investigation. • Disagreements between the law enforcement agencies and the applicant shall be resolved before the judge who issued the search warrant upon the filing of a motion by any affected party seeking a determination of the status of the criminal investigation involving the warrant. • If the Clerk of Courts is advised that there is a conflict regarding whether an executed search warrant is part of an ongoing criminal investigation, the Clerk shall not disclose the warrant or return until the applicant receives authority from the judge who issued the warrant to release the warrant and presents this authority to the Clerk of Courts. • This order shall take effect on the date of its execution and shall thereafter remain in effect until and unless it is otherwise modified or repealed by further order of this Court.
The judge or magistrate to whom said search warrant is returned shall file the same with the inventory and sworn return in the proper office, and if the original affidavit and proofs upon which the warrant was issued are in his or her possession, he or she shall apply to the officer having the same and the officer shall transmit and deliver all of the papers, proofs and certificates to the proper office where the proceedings are lodged.
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2 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A.
1 verbatim requirement from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2003-06.