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2016 California Code
Penal Code - PEN
PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
TITLE 12 - OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CRIMINAL NATURE
CHAPTER 3 - Of Search Warrants
Section 1523.
CA Penal Code § 1523 (2016) What's This?
1523. 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.)
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