Bill Text: AZ HB2380 | 2012 | Fiftieth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Search warrants; return

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-19 - Referred to House JUD Committee [HB2380 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2012-HB2380-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: search warrants; return

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fiftieth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2012

 

 

HB 2380

 

Introduced by

Representative Farnsworth

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 13‑3918, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to search warrants.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 13-3918, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE13-3918.  Time of execution and return

A.  A search warrant shall be executed within five calendar days from its issuance and returned to a magistrate within three four court business days after the warrant is executed.  Upon On expiration of the five day period, the warrant is void unless the time is extended by a magistrate.  The time for execution of the warrant may be extended for no longer than five calendar days.  The documents and records of the court relating to the search warrant need not be open to the public until the return of the warrant or the warrant is deemed void pursuant to this section unless a magistrate orders the time to be shortened or lengthened for good cause.  Thereafter, if the warrant has been executed, the documents and records shall be open to the public as a judicial record.

B.  If a duplicate original search warrant has been executed, the peace officer who executed the warrant shall enter the exact time of its execution on its face. END_STATUTE