# Iowa Code § 808.8: Return

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.8

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 808.8
- **Heading:** Return
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 808 / Section 808.8

## Text

A search warrant shall be executed within ten days from its date; failure to execute within that period shall void the warrant. Property seized and its containers, if any, shall be safely kept by the officer, and incident thereto:

(1) Upon such seizure the officer shall furnish an itemized receipt for such property to the person from whom taken or in whose possession it was found, if such person can be located, or a copy of the inventory may be left on the premises searched.

(2) The officer must file, with the officer’s return, a complete inventory of the property taken with the magistrate or clerk of the district court, including a sworn statement that it is accurate to the best of the officer’s knowledge. The magistrate or clerk of the district court must, if requested, deliver a copy of the inventory of seized property to the person from whose possession it was taken and to the applicant for the warrant.

[C51, §3299 – 3302; R60, §1565, 5036 – 5039; C73, §1544, 4641 – 4644; C97, §2413, 2415, 5556 – 5559; SS15, §2413, 2415; C24, 27, 31, §1581, 1971, 13429 – 13432; C35, §13441-g12-15; C39, §13441.12 – 13441.15; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §751.12 – 751.15; C79, 81, §808.8]2017 Acts, ch 37, §7, 9; 2020 Acts, ch 1121, §114, 115

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 808.1 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.1.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.2 Authorization.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.2.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.3 Application for search warrant.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.3.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.4 Issuance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.4.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.4A Application for search warrant global positioning device issuance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.4A.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.5 Execution.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.5.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.6 Forcible execution.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.6.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.7 Detention and search of persons on premises.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.7.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.8 Return.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.8.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.9 Safekeeping of seized property.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.9.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.10 Maliciously suing out a warrant — officer exceeding authority.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.10.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.11 Transmission of documents to district court clerk.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.11.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.12 Detention and search in theft of library materials and shoplifting.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.12.md)
- [Iowa Code § 808.13 Confidentiality.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C808_S808.13.md)

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