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725 ILCS 5/108-7 (2026)

Command of search warrant

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(725 ILCS 5/108-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 108-7)
    Sec. 108-7. Command of search warrant.
    The warrant shall command the person directed to execute the same to search the place or person particularly described in the warrant and to seize the instruments, articles or things particularly described in the warrant.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2836.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1999–2021 · leading case: People v. McCarty, 858 N.E.2d 15 (Ill. 2006).
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People v. McCarty, 858 N.E.2d 15 (Ill. 2006). “See also 725 ILCS 5/108-7 (West 2000) (requiring the place or person to be searched and the items to be seized to be "particularly described in the warrant").”
People v. Garcia, 2017 IL App (1st) 133398 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “Harris, 2015 IL App (1st) 132162, ¶ 28 ; 725 ILCS 5/108-7 (West 2008). This requirement is meant to safeguard against general search warrants.”
People v. McCavitt, 2021 IL 125550 (Ill. 2021). “I, § 6; see also 725 ILCS 5/108-7 (West 2012) (requiring the place or person to be searched and the items to be seized to be “particularly described in the warrant”).”
People v. Lance, 2021 IL App (1st) 181665 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “I, § 6; see also 725 ILCS 5/108-7 (West 2016) (requiring the place or person to be searched and the items to be seized to be “particularly described in the warrant”).”
People v. Capuzi, 720 N.E.2d 662 (Ill. App. Ct. 1999). “Next, we turn to the legal question of whether the court should have suppressed evidence in the cause before us.”
People v. Harris, 2015 IL App (1st) 132162 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “90, 97 (2006); see also 725 ILCS 5/108-7 (West 2012) (requiring the place or person to be searched and the items to be seized to be “particularly described in the warrant”).”
People v. Carter, 2016 IL App (3d) 140958 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “451, 455 (1948); 725 ILCS 5/108-7 (West 2014). Execution of a search pursuant to a warrant must also be reasonable.”
People v. Harris, 2015 IL App (1st) 132162 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “90, 97 (2006); see also 725 ILCS 5/108-7 (West 2012) (requiring the place or person to be searched and the items to be seized to be “particularly described in the warrant”).”
People v. Duffie, 2021 IL App (1st) 171620 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 2× “Likewise, article I, section 6, of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 states, “[n]o warrant shall issue without probable cause, supported by affidavit particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.”
People v. Carter, 2016 IL App (3d) 140958 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “451, 455 (1948); 725 ILCS 5/108-7 (West 2014). Execution of a search pursuant to a warrant must also be reasonable.”
People v. Lance, 2021 IL App (1st) 181665 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “I, § 6; see also 725 ILCS 5/108-7 (West 2016) (requiring the place or person to be searched and the items to be seized to be “particularly described in the warrant”).”
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