{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/s879","title_num":"21","num":"§ 879.","heading":"Search warrants","status":null,"guid":"id7c50a9a2-77f4-11ed-9c57-a36d2d5d44bb","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 509, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1274; Pub. L. 93–481, § 3, Oct. 26, 1974, 88 Stat. 1455; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)","seq_in_title":528,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch13/schI/ptE","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21","level":"title","num":"Title 21—","heading":"FOOD AND DRUGS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch13","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 13—","heading":"DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch13/schI","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER I—","heading":"CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch13/schI/ptE","level":"part","num":"Part E—","heading":"Administrative and Enforcement Provisions","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id7dbcc519-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t21/s879\"><num value=\"879\">§ 879.</num><heading> Search warrants</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">A search warrant relating to offenses involving controlled substances may be served at any time of the day or night if the judge or United States magistrate judge issuing the warrant is satisfied that there is probable cause to believe that grounds exist for the warrant and for its service at such time.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id7dbcc51a-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/91/513/tII/s509\">Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 509</ref>, <date date=\"1970-10-27\">Oct. 27, 1970</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/84/1274\">84 Stat. 1274</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/93/481/s3\">Pub. L. 93–481, § 3</ref>, <date date=\"1974-10-26\">Oct. 26, 1974</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/88/1455\">88 Stat. 1455</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/101/650/tIII/s321\">Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321</ref>, <date date=\"1990-12-01\">Dec. 1, 1990</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/104/5117\">104 Stat. 5117</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id7dbcc51b-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id7dbcc51c-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id7dbcc51d-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1974—<ref href=\"/us/pl/93/481\">Pub. L. 93–481</ref> struck out designation “(a)” before “A search warrant”, and struck out subsec. (b) which permitted officers authorized to execute search warrants to break open and enter premises under certain circumstances and which required that such officers identify themselves and give reasons and authority for their entry after such entry.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"id7dbcc51e-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I78\" topic=\"changeOfName\" id=\"id7dbcc51f-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\">\n<heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Change of Name</heading>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">“United States magistrate judge” substituted in text for “United States magistrate” pursuant to <ref href=\"/us/pl/101/650/s321\">section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t28/s631\">section 631 of Title 28</ref>, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"117-224","currency_date":"2022-12-07","congress":117,"law_num":224,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":290,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["21","31","42","44","47"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"117-224","currency_date":"2022-12-07","congress":117,"law_num":224,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":290,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["21","31","42","44","47"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-314not260not283","currency_date":"2021-01-05","congress":116,"law_num":314,"excluded_laws":[260,283],"update_num":null,"seq":225,"is_partial":true,"caveat":"Current through Public Law 116-314 (01/05/2021), except 116-260, 116-283.","titles_affected":["05","05a","06","15","16","18","21","25","28","31","33","34","42","50","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}