Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 626.16 (2026)

Delivery Of Copy Of Warrant And Receipt

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When the officer conducts the search the officer must give a copy of the warrant and, when property or things are taken, a receipt therefor (specifying it in detail) to the person in whose possession the premises or the property or things taken were found; or, in the absence of any person, the officer must leave such copy of the warrant and receipt in the place where the property or things were found. Such delivery of a copy of the warrant shall constitute service.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1999–2018 · leading case: City of West Covina v. Perkins, 525 U.S. 234 (1999).

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City of West Covina v. Perkins, 525 U.S. 234 (1999). · cites it 2× “655 (West 1998); Minn. Stat. Ann. §§ 626.16 , 626.17 (West Supp.”

State v. Raines, 709 N.W.2d 273 (Minn. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 6× “We agree and hold that minor violations of rule 36 in the issuance of a warrant based on oral testimony which do not subvert the purpose of the procedures do not require suppression of evidence seized under the warrant.”

State of Tennessee v. Angela Faye Daniel, 552 S.W.3d 832 (Tenn. 2018). “655 (1) ; Minn. Stat. Ann. § 626.16 ; Miss. R. Crim.”

State of Minnesota v. David Paul Patterson (Minn. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 7× “4 Under Minn. Stat. § 626.16 , “[w]hen the officer conducts the search the officer must give a copy of the warrant .”

State of Minnesota v. Jeremy Fredrick Aguirre (Minn. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “Minn. Stat. §§ 626.16 -.17 (2014). While listing all the 14 items seized pursuant to multiple search warrants in one Receipt, Inventory and Return technically complies with the statutory requirement and may be more expedient from the perspective of law enforcement, creating a…”

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