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2011 SESSION
HB 1909 Search warrants; allows court to temporarily seal.
Introduced by: Jackson H. Miller | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Search warrants. Allows a court to temporarily seal, for a specified period of time, a warrant and a return on the warrant in addition to the affidavit supporting the warrant, and to seal the order sealing the affidavit, warrant or return. The conditions in existing law concerning the sealing of an affidavit apply: sealing is upon application of the attorney of the Commonwealth for good cause shown in an ex parte hearing and an aggrieved party may move the court for the unsealing of the warrant and return with the burden of proof for continued sealing on the Commonwealth.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Search warrants. Allows a court to temporarily seal a warrant and a return on the warrant in addition to the affidavit supporting the warrant. The conditions in existing law concerning the sealing of an affidavit apply: sealing is upon application of the attorney of the Commonwealth for good cause shown in an ex parte hearing and an aggrieved party may move the court for the unsealing of the warrant and return with the burden of proof for continued sealing on the Commonwealth.