933.05 Issuance in blank prohibited.

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Florida Code › Title XLVII › Chapter 933 › Section 933.05

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A search warrant cannot be issued except upon probable cause supported by affidavit or affidavits, naming or describing the person, place, or thing to be searched and particularly describing the property or thing to be seized; no search warrant shall be issued in blank, and any such warrant shall be returned within 10 days after issuance thereof, except that a search warrant issued for a computer, a computer system, or an electronic device, as those terms are defined in s. 815.03, that is in the actual possession of a law enforcement agency at the time such warrant is issued shall be returned to the court within 45 days after issuance thereof.

History: s. 5, ch. 9321, 1923; CGL 8507; s. 7, ch. 2025-176.

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