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8 GCA § 35.20

When Warrant Issued; Executed; Grounds

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 8 — Criminal Procedure
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(a)A warrant shall issue only on an affidavit sworn to before the judge and establishing grounds for issuing the warrant. The finding of probable cause may be based upon hearsay evidence in whole or in part. Before ruling on a request for a warrant the judge may require the affiant to appear personally and may examine under oath the affiant and any witness he may produce. Such proceeding shall be taken down by a court reporter or recording equipment and made part of the affidavit.

(b)If the judge is satisfied that grounds for the application exist, or that there is probable cause to believe that they exist, he shall issue a warrant identifying the property and naming or describing the person or place to be searched. The warrant shall be directed to a peace officer authorized to enforce or assist in enforcing any law and shall command the officer to search, within a specified period of time not to exceed ten

(10)days, the person or place named for the property specified, and shall designate the judge to whom the warrant shall be returned.

(c)The warrant shall be executed in the daytime, unless the court, by appropriate provision in the warrant and for reasonable cause shown, authorizes its execution at times other than daytime. The term "daytime" means the hours from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.