Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Investigations Division
TITLE: Search Warrants NO: A-500
APPROVED: Commander Raul Murillo
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
05/15/2008 03/24/2023 12/18/2019 03/24/2023
POLICY
Search Warrants are a valuable tool for investigators. Statutes and Case Laws have been
established to govern the request, service and return of search warrants. It is the policy of the
Investigations Division to comply with all legal mandates pertaining to search warrants and
execute the warrants in the safest manner possible for the community and officers involved. To
assist in meeting this policy, the following guidelines and directives have been established for
the Detectives Section.
DIRECTIVE A
All search warrants will be reviewed and approved by an Investigations Division Sergeant prior
to being submitted to a judge for approval.
In cases where entry into a residence or business will result in the physical seizure of persons and
property, an Investigations Division Sergeant