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Home » US Law » 2022 Code of Alabama » Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. » Chapter 5 - Searches and Seizures. » Article 1 - Search Warrants. » Section 15-5-12 – Warrant to Be Executed and Returned Within 10 Days.

Section 15-5-12

Warrant to be executed and returned within 10 days.

A search warrant must be executed and returned to the judge or the magistrate by whom it was issued within 10 days after its date; if not executed after such time, it is void.

(Code 1852, §837; Code 1867, §4388; Code 1876, §4017; Code 1886, §4738; Code 1896, §5495; Code 1907, §7768; Code 1923, §5482; Code 1940, T. 15, §111.)