Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 18.04 – Contents of Warrant
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Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 18.04
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Signature: includes the mark of a person unable to write, and "subscribe" includes the making of such a mark. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005
A search warrant issued under this chapter, Chapter 18A, or Chapter 18B shall be sufficient if it contains the following requisites:
(1) that it run in the name of “The State of Texas”;
(2) that it identify, as near as may be, that which is to be seized and name or describe, as near as may be, the person, place, or thing to be searched;
(3) that it command any peace officer of the proper county to search forthwith the person, place, or thing named;
(4) that it be dated and signed by the magistrate; and
(5) that the magistrate’s name appear in clearly legible handwriting or in typewritten form with the magistrate’s signature.