Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 808.5 (2026)

Execution

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A search warrant may be executed by any peace officer. No persons other than those authorized by this section shall execute search warrants except in aid of those so authorized and on such authorized person’s request, the authorized person being present and acting. The warrant may be executed in the daytime or in the nighttime. The warrant, when executed, shall be forthwith returned to the issuing magistrate. Where the property to be seized has been, or is susceptible of being, removed from the officer’s jurisdiction, the officer executing the warrant may pursue it and search for property designated in the warrant. [C51, §3297; R60, §1565, 5032, 5035; C73, §1544, 4637, 4640; C97, §2413, 5552, 5555; S13, §5007-a; SS15, §2413, 2415; C24, 27, 31, §1578, 1970, 1971, 13425, 13428; C35, §13441-g7, -g8; C39, §13441.07, 13441.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §751.7, 751.8; C79, 81, §808.5]

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1999–2023 · leading case: State of Iowa v. Lee Allen Breuer, 808 N.W.2d 195 (Iowa 2012).
State of Iowa v. Lee Allen Breuer, 808 N.W.2d 195 (Iowa 2012). · cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 808.5 . Also, Iowa Code section 808.”
United States v. Terrence Eugene Goodson, 165 F.3d 610 (8th Cir. 1999). “Although he concedes that Iowa law permits nighttime execution of search warrants, Iowa Code Ann. § 808.5 , he contends that the search violated Fed.”
State v. Duncan, 841 N.W.2d 604 (Iowa Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “Because Duncan is an adult who is alleged to have committed a criminal offense before having reached the age of eighteen, he sought transfer of jurisdiction to juvenile court *614 under section 808.5(1). Under section 803.5(5), the district court may waive Duncan to juvenile…”
State of Iowa v. Shane Michael Morris (Iowa Ct. App. 2023). “See Iowa Code § 808.5 ; see Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.”
United States v. Terrence E. Goodson (8th Cir. 1999). “Although he concedes that Iowa law permits nighttime execution of search warrants, Iowa Code Ann. § 808.5 , he contends that the search violated Fed.”
— Iowa Code § 808.5(1) — 1 case
State v. Duncan, 841 N.W.2d 604 (Iowa Ct. App. 2013). “Because Duncan is an adult who is alleged to have committed a criminal offense before having reached the age of eighteen, he sought transfer of jurisdiction to juvenile court *614 under section 808.5(1). Under section 803.5(5), the district court may waive Duncan to juvenile…”
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