Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 12.35.010 (2026)
Issuance of search warrant; extraterritorial jurisdiction
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Sec. 12.35.010. Issuance of search warrant; extraterritorial jurisdiction.
(a) A judicial officer may issue a search warrant upon a showing of probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the thing to be seized. The court may issue a search warrant for a place or property located either in the state or outside the state.
(b) A judicial officer may issue a search warrant upon the sworn oral testimony of a person communicated by telephone or other appropriate means, or sworn affidavit submitted by facsimile machine, in accordance with AS 12.35.015.
(a) A judicial officer may issue a search warrant upon a showing of probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the thing to be seized. The court may issue a search warrant for a place or property located either in the state or outside the state.
(b) A judicial officer may issue a search warrant upon the sworn oral testimony of a person communicated by telephone or other appropriate means, or sworn affidavit submitted by facsimile machine, in accordance with AS 12.35.015.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1975–2003 · leading case: Burrece v. State, 976 P.2d 241 (Alaska Ct. App. 1999).
Burrece v. State, 976 P.2d 241 (Alaska Ct. App. 1999). “Applying this same logic to the other subsection of the statute, AS 12.35.010(a), one might conclude that the requirement of "oath or affirmation" applies only to the initial search warrant applicationthat supplemental statements in support of a search warrant need not be under…”
White v. State, 842 So. 2d 565 (Miss. 2003). “8(b); Alaska Stat. §§ 12.35.010 and 12.35.015 (1991); Ariz.”
Nelson v. State, 628 P.2d 884 (Alaska 1981). “A judicial officer may issue a search warrant upon a showing of probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the thing to be seized.”
Keller v. State, 543 P.2d 1211 (Alaska 1975). “AS 12.35.010 provides in part: A judicial officer may issue a search warrant upon a showing of probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation .”
James v. White v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 2000). “Such a process should certainly be allowed considering the changing times and advancements in technology. Further, more than one-third of the States have expressly adopted such warrants by statute, court rule or case law.”
— Alaska Stat. § 12.35.010(a) — 1 case
Burrece v. State, 976 P.2d 241 (Alaska Ct. App. 1999). “Applying this same logic to the other subsection of the statute, AS 12.35.010(a), one might conclude that the requirement of "oath or affirmation" applies only to the initial search warrant applicationthat supplemental statements in support of a search warrant need not be under…”
— Alaska Stat. § 12.35.010(b) — 1 case
Burrece v. State, 976 P.2d 241 (Alaska Ct. App. 1999). “Applying this same logic to the other subsection of the statute, AS 12.35.010(a), one might conclude that the requirement of "oath or affirmation" applies only to the initial search warrant applicationthat supplemental statements in support of a search warrant need not be under…”
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