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Cal. Penal Code § 1523 (2026)
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A search warrant is an order in writing, in the name of the people, signed by a magistrate, directed to a peace officer, commanding him or her to search for a person or persons, a thing or things, or personal property, and, in the case of a thing or things or personal property, bring the same before the magistrate.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18
cases, 1957–2020 · leading case: Messerschmidt v. Millender, 132 S. Ct. 1235 (2012).
Messerschmidt v. Millender, 132 S. Ct. 1235 (2012). “Cal. Penal Code Ann. §1523 (West 2011). 12 To be clear, no one suggests petitioners acted with malice or in- tended to be “misleading in omitting .”
State v. Covert, 628 S.E.2d 482 (S.C. Ct. App. 2006). “§ 13-1441 (now renumbered as § 13-3911), Cal.Penal Code § 1523, and Minn.Stat. Ann.”
United States v. Donnell Artis, 919 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2019). “It’s true that under California law a search warrant must be directed to a “peace officer,” Cal. Penal Code §§ 1523 , 1528(a), 1530, and that federal law enforcement officers do not qualify as peace officers, § 830.”
People v. Govea, 235 Cal. App. 2d 285 (Cal. Ct. App. 1965). “The Cotas make the same attack on the sufficiency of the affidavit for the search warrant directed to their premises at 53 Hacienda Street. “A search warrant may be issued by a magistrate only upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person, and…”
People v. Keener, 361 P.2d 587 (Cal. 1961). “I, § 19; Pen. Code, §§ 1523, 1525.) If the magistrate is satisfied of the existence of the grounds for the application or that there is probable cause to believe their existence, he must issue the warrant to a peace officer commanding him to search the person and place named for…”
Whittington v. State, 230 A.3d 148 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2020). “§ 13-4291 (2019) (“A ‘[t]racking device search warrant’ means an order”); CAL. PENAL CODE § 1523 (West 2019) (“A search warrant is an order”); IOWA CODE ANN.”
Arata v. Superior Court, 315 P.2d 473 (Cal. Ct. App. 1957). “Code, § 1525) by a “magistrate (Pen. Code, § 1523) who must examine on oath the plaintiff and any witnesses he may produce and take their depositions (§ 1526) and thereupon be “satisfied of the existence of the grounds [see § 1524] of the application, or that there is probable…”
Flahive v. City of Dana Point, 99 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3757 (Cal. Ct. App. 1999). “50; Pen. Code, § 1523.) The warrant particularly described the place where the abatement was to take place and designated the purpose for the intrusion and limitations on it.”
People v. Tillman, 238 Cal. App. 2d 134 (Cal. Ct. App. 1965). “I, § 19; Pen. Code, §§ 1523, 1525). Federal standards must be applied by the state courts in determining the sufficiency of the affidavit upon which a search warrant can issue (Aguilar v.”
Williams v. Just. Court, 230 Cal. App. 2d 87 (Cal. Ct. App. 1964). “1 Penal Code sections 1523, 1524, and 1525 provide: 1523.”
Galena v. Mun. Court, 237 Cal. App. 2d 581 (Cal. Ct. App. 1965). ““A search warrant may be issued by a magistrate only upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person, and particularly describing the property to be seized and the place to be searched.”
Sternberg v. Superior Court, 41 Cal. App. 3d 281 (Cal. Ct. App. 1974). “I Penal Code section 1523 defines a search warrant as follows: “A search warrant is an order in writing, in the name of the people, signed by a magistrate, directed to a peace-officer, commanding him to search for personal property, and bring it before the magistrate.”
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