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[CITE: 21USC879]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
              CHAPTER 13--DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT
 
            Part E--Administrative and Enforcement Provisions
 
Sec. 879. Search warrants

    A search warrant relating to offenses involving controlled 
substances may be served at any time of the day or night if the judge or 
United States magistrate judge issuing the warrant is satisfied that 
there is probable cause to believe that grounds exist for the warrant 
and for its service at such time.

(Pub. L. 91-513, title II, Sec. 509, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1274; Pub. 
L. 93-481, Sec. 3, Oct. 26, 1974, 88 Stat. 1455; Pub. L. 101-650, title 
III, Sec. 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)


                               Amendments

    1974--Pub. L. 93-481 struck out designation ``(a)'' before ``A 
search warrant'', and struck out subsec. (b) which permitted officers 
authorized to execute search warrants to break open and enter premises 
under certain circumstances and which required that such officers 
identify themselves and give reasons and authority for their entry after 
such entry.

                         Change of Name

    ``United States magistrate judge'' substituted in text for ``United 
States magistrate'' pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101-650, set out 
as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial 
Procedure.
