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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="3-415" title_number="3" title_name="Division of Correction" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Home Detention Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee may apply to a judge of the District Court or a circuit court for a search warrant to enter the approved dwelling of an incarcerated individual in the program to search for the incarcerated individual.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An application for a search warrant shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>be in writing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>be verified by the applicant; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>describe the premises to be searched and the nature, scope, and purpose of the search.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A judge who receives an application for a search warrant may issue a warrant on a finding that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the scope of the proposed search is reasonable; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>obtaining consent to enter the premises may jeopardize the attempt to take custody of the incarcerated individual.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A search warrant issued under this section shall specify the location of the premises to be searched.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A search conducted in accordance with a search warrant issued under this section may not exceed the limits specified in the warrant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A search warrant issued under this section shall be executed and returned to the issuing judge:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>within the period specified in the warrant, which may not exceed 30 days from the date of issuance; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>within 15 days after the warrant is issued, if no period is specified in the warrant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
