§ 3103a. — Additional grounds for issuing warrant.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC3103a]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 205--SEARCHES AND SEIZURES
Sec. 3103a. Additional grounds for issuing warrant
(a) In General.--In addition to the grounds for issuing a warrant in
section 3103 of this title, a warrant may be issued to search for and
seize any property that constitutes evidence of a criminal offense in
violation of the laws of the United States.
(b) Delay.--With respect to the issuance of any warrant or court
order under this section, or any other rule of law, to search for and
seize any property or material that constitutes evidence of a criminal
offense in violation of the laws of the United States, any notice
required, or that may be required, to be given may be delayed if--
(1) the court finds reasonable cause to believe that providing
immediate notification of the execution of the warrant may have an
adverse result (as defined in section 2705);
(2) the warrant prohibits the seizure of any tangible property,
any wire or electronic communication (as defined in section 2510),
or, except as expressly provided in chapter 121, any stored wire or
electronic information, except where the court finds reasonable
necessity for the seizure; and
(3) the warrant provides for the giving of such notice within a
reasonable period of its execution, which period may thereafter be
extended by the court for good cause shown.
(Added Pub. L. 90-351, title IX, Sec. 1401(a), June 19, 1968, 82 Stat.
238; amended Pub. L. 107-56, title II, Sec. 213, Oct. 26, 2001, 115
Stat. 285.)
Codification
Pub. L. 90-351 enacted section 3103a of this title as part of
chapter 204, and Pub. L. 90-462, Sec. 3, Aug. 8, 1968, 82 Stat. 638,
corrected the chapter designation from 204 to 205.
Amendments
2001--Pub. L. 107-56 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a),
inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).
