Local Criminal Rule 41.1 — Search and Seizure Warrants (amended January 1, 2025)
A published court requirement that applies in New York. Category: Local Rules. Effective January 1, 2026. Verified against the official source (N.D.N.Y. — Local Rules (U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York)) on November 3, 2026.
Summary
Local Criminal Rule 41.1 — Search and Seizure Warrants (amended January 1, 2025): the court's own rule, verbatim from the Local Rules of Practice, United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, effective January 1, 2026 (official PDF, sha-custodied). Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York as its section states (Section XI, Criminal Procedure), alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
Requirement
(a) An Application and Affidavit for a Search Warrant, Seizure Warrant, Tracking Warrant, etc. (hereinafter “Search Warrants”) must include a proposed Warrant. Any application to file the documents in a Sealed case shall also include an Application to Seal the case, a Public Sealing Order and a proposed Sealing Order with an expiration date to unseal the case not to exceed 180 days after the last search warrant return is filed, unless an extension has been granted by the Court. (b) The search warrant return shall be filed within 30 days after the execution of the warrant. Tracking warrant returns are due within 10 days after the use of the tracking device has ended pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. Rule 41(f)(2)(B). If a delayed notice has been granted, a search warrant return is due 30 days after the expiration of the delayed notice deadline. (c) The Government must file a request for an extension of the deadline to unseal the case no later than 180 days after the search warrant return is filed or 30 days after the delayed notification deadline has expired. (d) The Government must file a motion to unseal a search warrant case no later than 180 days after the search warrant return is filed or 30 days after the delayed notification deadline has expired. Upon the unsealing of the case, if the Government seeks to have any of the individually filed documents remain under seal and/or be redacted, the Government shall include in its motion to unseal the docket number, the proposed redactions, if applicable, and the reason(s) that the referenced material should remain under seal and/or redacted under the governing legal standard pursuant to Criminal Local Rule 49.2. 42.1 THROUGH 43.1 [Reserved]
Source of truth
(a) An Application and Affidavit for a Search Warrant, Seizure Warrant, Tracking Warrant, etc. (hereinafter “Search Warrants”) must include a proposed Warrant. Any application to file the documents in a Sealed case shall also include an Application to Seal the case, a Public Seal
- Source health
- Healthy · checked November 14, 2026
- Effective date
- January 1, 2026
- Last verified
- November 3, 2026benchpath-nyfed-rules-2026-11-03
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