A search warrant may in all cases be served by any of the officers mentioned in its directions, but by no other person, except in aid of the officer on his requiring it, he being present and acting in its execution.
Cal. Penal Code § 1530
Of Search Warrants
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Forro Precision, Inc. v. International Business Machines Corp. (1982)
Most recently applied in United States v. Donnell Artis (March 2019)
Enacted 1872.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.