Sec. 4. When the warrant is executed by the seizure of property or things described in it or of any other items:
(1) the officer who executed the warrant shall make a return on it directed to the court or judge, who issued the warrant, and this return must indicate the date and time served and list the items seized; and
(2) the items so seized shall be securely held by the law enforcement agency whose officer executed the search warrant under the order of the court trying the cause, except as provided in section 5 of this chapter.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.298, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.156-2020, SEC.128.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure
Article 33. Preliminary Proceedings
35-33-5-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter
35-33-5-2. Affidavit; Descriptions; Information to Establish Credibility of Hearsay; Form
35-33-5-4. Return; Initial Disposition of Property Seized
35-33-5-6. Dead Body; Search of Building or Place; Affidavit
35-33-5-7. Execution of Search Warrant; Forcible Entry; Wrongful Entry; Recovery of Damages
35-33-5-8. Issue of Warrant Without Affidavit; Types of Sworn Testimony; Procedures; Perjury
35-33-5-9. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; Search Warrant; Exceptions
35-33-5-10. Admissibility of Evidence; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
35-33-5-11. Electronic User Data Held in Electronic Storage
35-33-5-12. Use of Real Time Tracking Instruments; Geolocation Information
35-33-5-13. Immunity From Civil or Criminal Liability