Alabama Code 22-27-13. Search warrants
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 22-27-13
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
The department or any appropriate law enforcement agency may apply for, and any judge of a court of record may issue, an appropriate search warrant necessary to achieve the purposes of this article within the court’s territorial jurisdiction. The warrant shall be issued upon probable cause.