Walk It Through: The Knock With A Warrant
A search warrant, the affidavit, ten days, and the inventory of what was taken.
Officers knock and announce they have a search warrant for the house.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One warrant at one house. Searches without a warrant, knock and announce disputes, electronic data warrants and getting property back are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- AffidavitThe sworn statement a search warrant is issued on, establishing its grounds. A person served with a search warrant is given a copy of the warrant along with it.
- Law enforcement officerFor the resisting arrest article, any duly appointed or commissioned officer of the state, a county or a municipality.
- PreceptThe document an arrest is made under. An officer may not neglect, on request, to show it to the person arrested or someone acting for them.
- Search warrantA judicial officer's written order, issued on a sworn affidavit, identifying property and naming or describing the person or place to be searched, which must be executed and returned within ten days after it is dated.