When the officer takes property under the warrant, he must give a receipt for the property taken (specifying it in detail) to the person from whom it was taken by him, or in whose possession it was found; or, in the absence of any person, he must leave it in the place where he found the property.
Cal. Penal Code § 1535
Of Search Warrants
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case City of West Covina v. Perkins (1999)
Most recently applied in 219 Cal. Rptr. 3d 5 - Saunders v. Superior Court (April 2017)
Enacted 1872.
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