Legal Question in Criminal Law in Iowa

Re: State of iowa search warrant

Under Iowa Code section 808.8 the warrant must be executed within ten days.

808.8 RETURN.

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, and state under oath that it is

accurate to the best of the officer's knowledge. The magistrate 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.