1. (1) A search warrant shall issue only on affidavit sworn to or affirmed before the judge or juvenile magistrate and relating facts sufficient to:

   1. (a) Identify or describe, as nearly as may be, the premises, person, place, or thing to be searched;
   2. (b) Identify or describe, as nearly as may be, the property to be searched for, seized, or inspected;
   3. (c) Establish the grounds for issuance of the warrant or probable cause to believe that such grounds exist; and
   4. (d) Establish probable cause to believe that the property to be searched for, seized, or inspected is located at, in, or upon the premises, person, place, or thing to be searched.
2. (2) The affidavit required by this section may include sworn testimony reduced to writing and signed under oath by the witness giving the testimony before issuance of the warrant. A copy of the affidavit and a copy of the transcript of testimony taken in support of the request for a search warrant must be attached to the search warrant filed with the court.
3. (3) The supreme court may establish rules for procedures governing application for and issuance of search warrants consistent with this section.

Source: L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 570, § 2, effective October 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 19-2-505 as it existed prior to 2021.