Ark. R. Crim. P. 13.2

As amended through November 13, 2023
Rule 13.2 - Contents of Search Warrant
(a) A search warrant shall be dated, issued in duplicate, and shall be addressed to any officer.
(b) The warrant shall state, or describe with particularity:
(i) the identity of the issuing judicial officer and the date and place where application for the warrant was made;
(ii) the judicial officer's finding of reasonable cause for issuance of the warrant;
(iii) the identity of the person to be searched, and the location and designation of the places to be searched;
(iv) the persons or things constituting the object of the search and authorized to be seized; and
(v) the period of time, not to exceed five (5) days after execution of the warrant, within which the warrant is to be returned to the issuing judicial officer.
(c) Except as hereafter provided, the search warrant shall provide that it be executed between the hours of six a.m. and eight p.m., and within a reasonable time, not to exceed sixty (60) days. Upon a finding by the issuing judicial officer of reasonable cause to believe that:
(i) the place to be searched is difficult of speedy access; or
(ii) the objects to be seized are in danger of imminent removal; or
(iii) the warrant can only be safely or successfully executed at nighttime or under circumstances the occurrence of which is difficult to predict with accuracy;

the issuing judicial officer may, by appropriate provision in the warrant, authorize its execution at any time, day or night, and within a reasonable time not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of issuance.

(d) If the warrant authorizes the seizure of documents other than lottery tickets, policy slips, and other nontestimonial documents used as instrumentalities of crime, the warrant shall require that it be executed in accordance with the provisions of Rule 13.5 and may, in the discretion of the issuing judicial officer, direct that any files or other collections of documents, among which the documents to be seized are reasonably believed to be located, shall be impounded under appropriate protection where found.

Ark. R. Crim. P. 13.2