Texas · Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 18.10: HOW RETURN MADE.(a) Not later than three whole days after executing a search warrant, the officer shall return the search warrant
What this law says, in plain English
Officers must return executed search warrants within three days, document how the warrant was executed, and provide the magistrate an inventory of seized property. Property generally cannot leave the county without a magistrate's order.
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