All warrants shall state the time and date of issuance and are the warrants of the judicial officer issuing the same and not the warrants of the court in which he is then sitting. Such warrants need not bear the seal of the court or clerk thereof.The warrant, the complaint on which the warrant is issued, the affidavit or affidavits supporting the warrant, andthe returns shall be filed with the clerk of the court of the judicial officer issuing the same, or with the court if there is no clerk, at the time the warrant has been executed or has been returned "not executed"; provided, however, that the judicial officer shall keep a docket record of all warrants issued by him, and upon issuing any warrant he shall immediately record the same, within a reasonable time, on the docket.
(Ga. L. 1966, p. 567, § 4; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1328, § 1; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 17/SB 340.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Searches and Seizures, §§ 176 et seq., 185, 193 et seq., 211 et seq., 342.
ALR.
- Power to issue warrant for search of train, 7 A.L.R. 121.
Civil liability for improper issuance of search warrant or proceedings thereunder, 45 A.L.R. 605.
Proceeding to obtain search warrant as judicial proceeding within rule of privilege in libel and slander, 58 A.L.R. 723.
Search warrant: sufficiency of showing as to time of occurrence of facts relied on, 100 A.L.R.2d 525.
Disputation of truth of matters stated in affidavit in support of search warrant - modern cases, 24 A.L.R.4th 1266.