Ch. 743

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(m) This section shall apply to any motor vehicle, as
defined in Title 11 of the Transportation Article.

380.

Warrant to search any house or place and seize any machine
gun possessed in violation of this subtitle, may issue in the
same manner and under the same restrictions as provided by law
for stolen property, and any court of record, upon application of
the State's attorney, shall have jurisdiction and power to order
any machine gun, thus or otherwise legally seized, to be
confiscated and either destroyed or delivered to a peace officer
of the State or a political subdivision thereof.

551.

(a) Whenever it be made to appear to any judge of any of
the circuit courts in the counties of this State, or to any judge
of the District Court, by written application signed and sworn to
by the applicant, accompanied by an affidavit or affidavits
containing facts within the personal knowledge of the affiant or
affiants, that there is probable cause, the basis of which shall
be set forth in said affidavit or affidavits, to believe that any
misdemeanor or felony is being committed by any individual or in
any building, apartment, premises, place or thing within the
territorial jurisdiction of such judge, or that any property
subject to seizure under the criminal laws of the State is
situated or located on the person of any such individual or in or
on any such building, apartment, premises, place or thing, then
the judge may forthwith issue a search warrant directed to any
duly constituted policeman, or police officer authorizing him to
search such suspected individual, building, apartment, premises,
place or thing, and to seize any property found liable to seizure
under the criminal laws of this State, provided that any such
search warrant shall name or describe, with reasonable
particularity, the individual, building; apartment, premises,
place or thing to be searched, the grounds for such search and
the name of the applicant on whose written application as
aforesaid the warrant was issued, and provided further that any
search or seizure under the authority of such search warrant,
shall be made within 15 calendar days from the date of the
issuance thereof and after the expiration of the 15-day period
said warrant shall be null and void. If, at any time, on
application to a judge of the circuit court of any county or
judge of the District Court, it appears that the property taken
is not the same as that described in the warrant or that there is
no probable cause for believing the existence of the grounds on
which the warrant was issued, or that the property was taken
under a warrant issued more than 15 calendar days prior to the
seizure, said judge must cause it to be restored to the person
from whom it was taken. In the discretion of the judge, an oral
motion made in open court may be received at any time making
application for the return of seized property if the application

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