Ind. Allen Cnty. Crim. Local Rule LR02-CR00-19

(A) The law enforcement officer requesting the search warrant will present an

Affidavit of Probable Cause and proposed Search Warrant to the Judge for

consideration. The affidavit will be sworn before the Judge, or the law enforcement

officer requesting the search warrant may give sworn testimony pursuant to the requirements

of I.C. 35-33-5-2 (orally) and 35-33-5-8 (by fax).

(B) If the Judge determines that probable cause exists, the search warrant will be

issued by the Judge and will include the date and time of the issuance of the

warrant. Proceedings shall be closed, confidential and sealed.

(C) The Court shall retain the original and a copy of the affidavit and a

copy of the warrant. They shall all be timestamped.

(D) The Search warrant proceeding shall be assigned an MC number and shall be

placed in the Confidential Order Book and indexed by name and address.

(E) Within 72 hours of the execution of the search warrant the law enforcement officer

shall file with the Court the duplicate original of the search warrant together with a

completed Return, all of which shall be dated, time stamped and duly recorded on the

Chronological Case Summary and in the Confidential Order Book of the assigned

Miscellaneous Criminalproceedings.

The law enforcement officer shall file within 10 days any unexecuted search warrant in

the same manner as set out above.

(F) The filing of the executed or unexecuted search warrant shall close the

case for statistical purposes.

Adopted effective March 22, 2000

JOINT LOCAL RULE #2

PURSUANT TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULE 15