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Terms Used In Iowa Code 808.8

  • Magistrate: means a judicial officer appointed under chapter 602, article 6, part 4. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
808.8 Return.
A search warrant shall be executed within ten days from its date; failure to execute within
that period shall void the warrant. Property seized and its containers, if any, shall be safely kept by the officer, and incident thereto:
1. Upon such seizure the officer shall furnish an itemized receipt for such property to the person from whom taken or in whose possession it was found, if such person can be located, or a copy of the inventory may be left on the premises searched.
2. The officer must file, with the officer’s return, a complete inventory of the property taken, and state under oath that it is accurate to the best of the officer’s knowledge. The magistrate must, if requested, deliver a copy of the inventory of seized property to the person from whose possession it was taken and to the applicant for the warrant.
[C51, §3299 – 3302; R60, §1565, 5036 – 5039; C73, §1544, 4641 – 4644; C97, §2413, 2415,
5556 – 5559; SS15, §2413, 2415; C24, 27, 31, §1581, 1971, 13429 – 13432; C35, §13441-g12-15; C39, §13441.12 – 13441.15; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §751.12 – 751.15; C79, 81,
§808.8]
See R.Cr.P. 2.36
For future amendments to section contingent upon adoption of rules by the supreme court regarding electronic search warrants, see
2017 Acts, ch 37, §7, 9; 2020 Acts, ch 1121, §114, 115