PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                 Ch. 3

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Incorrect cross-reference in Article 2B, § 16-408.

Occurred: As a result of Ch. 483, Acts of 1994. Correction by the Michie
Company in the 1994 Replacement Volume of Volume 1 is validated by this
Act.

16-414.

(b) (2) The warrant for search shall be directed to any proper officer, and shall
show by a copy of the affidavit inserted therein, or annexed and referred to, or recite all
of the material facts alleged in the affidavit, and particularly describe the thing to be
searched for and the place, house or thing to be searched. A complaint or affidavit, a
warrant for search and a return and report substantially in the following forms shall be
sufficient:

State of Maryland.....County, to wit:

To: .....of .... County:

Greetings: Whereas, there has been filed with the undersigned an affidavit, of which
the following is a copy, to wit: "Whereas on this .... day of ...., 19.., before the Subscriber,
.... in and for said County, personally appeared ...., and made complaint and oath that he
has just and reasonable cause to suspect and believe and does suspect and believe that
intoxicating liquor is sold, or except for the purpose of being sold or otherwise disposed of
in violation of the law in the .... of .... at, in .... of said County, and that in and upon said
premises and at said place and house will be found upon search thereof, the following:

Intoxicating liquors, and the vessels and bottles in which the same are contained,
and barroom, and drinking saloon paraphernalia, and the United States Internal Revenue
tax receipt for sale of intoxicating liquor at this time effective (and any other facts
material):

These Are Therefore, in the name of the State of Maryland, to command you,
together with the necessary and proper assistance, to enter into the said .... of the said ....
at, in .... in the County aforesaid, and there diligently search for the said intoxicating
liquor and means used for the sale of same, or any part thereof as described in the
aforegoing affidavit of complaint, and that you bring the same, or any part thereof, found
in such search, and the person or persons in whose custody they are found forthwith
before me to be disposed of and dealt with according to law; and have you there this
warrant.

Given under my hand this .... day of ...., 19...

Judge of the District Court

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