A search warrant is a written order, issued in the name of the state, signed by a committing magistrate, directed to a law enforcement officer, commanding him to search for designated personal property and to bring it to the magistrate.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 23A-35-1

  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.1101; SDCL, § 23-15-1; SL 1978, ch 178, § 438.