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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18.04

CONTENTS OF WARRANT

Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case State v. LeMatty (1979)

Most recently applied in State v. Cesar Ramiro Arellano (February 2019)

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722

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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.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.