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# 18 U.S.C. § 3104 - Issuance of search warrant; contents—(Rule)

## Text

See Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Issuance of search warrant on affidavit; contents to identify persons or place; command to search forthwith, Rule 41(c).

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 819.)