Rule 37.01 – General Rule

May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Minnesota

Search warrant applications must be supported by a written affidavit signed under oath, a signed statement attested to under oath, or by a written statement signed under penalty of perjury pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 358.116. The judge to whom a search warrant application is submitted has the discretion not to administer an oath to the applicant if the affidavit in support of the search-warrant application was signed under oath and notarized by a notarial officer pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 358, or signed under penalty of perjury pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 358.116.

Minn. R. Crim. P. 37.01

Added August 1, 2016, effective October 1, 2016.