Section 1528 Of Chapter 3. Of Search Warrants From California Penal Code >> Title 12. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 3.
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. (a) If the magistrate is thereupon satisfied of the existence
of the grounds of the application, or that there is probable cause
to believe their existence, he or she must issue a search warrant,
signed by him or her with his or her name of office, to a peace
officer in his or her county, commanding him or her forthwith to
search the person or place named for the property or things or person
or persons specified, and to retain the property or things in his or
her custody subject to order of the court as provided by Section
1536.
(b) The magistrate may orally authorize a peace officer to sign
the magistrate's name on a duplicate original warrant. A duplicate
original warrant shall be deemed to be a search warrant for the
purposes of this chapter, and it shall be returned to the magistrate
as provided for in Section 1537. The magistrate shall enter on the
face of the original warrant the exact time of the issuance of the
warrant and shall sign and file the original warrant and the
duplicate original warrant with the clerk of the court as provided
for in Section 1541.