Sneak and peek warrant
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A sneak and peek search warrant (officially called a Delayed Notice Warrant and also called a covert entry search warrant or a surreptitious entry search warrant) is a search warrant authorizing the law enforcement officers executing it to effect physical entry into private premises without the owner's or the occupant's permission or knowledge and to clandestinely search the premises; usually, such entry requires a stealthy breaking and entering.
Instances
Law enforcement officers are not prohibited from seizing any property from the premises. For example, in one 2010 case, federal investigators broke into an apartment in
Researchers have stated that 11,000 Delayed Notice Warrants were used to enter premises in 2013,
Patriot Act
Under the
Sneak and peek warrants are not exclusive to acts of foreign and domestic
See also
- Arrest warrant
- Writ of Assistance
- National Security Letter
References
- ^ "Sneak And Peek Search Warrant Law and Legal Definition". uslegal.com. airSlate Legal Forms, Inc. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
- ^ Tien, Lee (2014-10-26). "Peekaboo, I See You: Government Authority Intended for Terrorism is Used for Other Purposes". eff.org. Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- ^ Kerr, Orin (2014-10-31). "Why the EFF — and then others — probably misunderstood the numbers on "sneak and peek" warrants". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- ^ "Senate Session | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ^ Timm, Trevor (October 26, 2011). "Ten Years After the Patriot Act, a Look at Three of the Most Dangerous Provisions Affecting Ordinary Americans". eff.org. Electronic Frontier Foundation.