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[CITE: 18USC3102]

 
                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                       PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                   CHAPTER 205--SEARCHES AND SEIZURES
 
Sec. 3102. Authority to issue search warrant--(Rule)

             See Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

    Federal, State or Territorial Judges, or U.S. magistrate judges 
authorized to issue search warrants, Rule 41(a).

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 819; Pub. L. 90-578, title III, 
Sec. 301(a)(4), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1115; Pub. L. 101-650, title 
III, Sec. 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)


                               Amendments

    1968--Pub. L. 90-578 substituted ``magistrates'' for 
``Commissioners''.

                         Change of Name

    ``U.S. magistrate judges'' substituted for ``U.S. magistrates'' in 
text pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101-650, set out as a note under 
section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.


                    Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-578 effective Oct. 17, 1968, except when a 
later effective date is applicable, which is the earlier of date when 
implementation of amendment by appointment of magistrates [now United 
States magistrate judges] and assumption of office takes place or third 
anniversary of enactment of Pub. L. 90-578 on Oct. 17, 1968, see section 
403 of Pub. L. 90-578, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, 
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.