Section 690.25. Search warrants; to whom addressable and by whom executable  


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  • 1.  A  search  warrant  must  be  addressed  to a police officer whose
      geographical area of employment embraces or  is  embraced  or  partially
      embraced  by  the county of issuance.  The warrant need not be addressed
      to a specific police officer but may be addressed to any police  officer
      of  a  designated  classification,  or  to  any  police  officer  of any
      classification employed or having  general  jurisdiction  to  act  as  a
      police officer in the county.
        2. A police officer to whom a search warrant is addressed, as provided
      in subdivision one, may execute it pursuant to its terms anywhere in the
      county  of  issuance  or  an  adjoining  county,  and  he may execute it
      pursuant to its terms in any other county of the state in  which  it  is
      executable  if  (a)  his  geographical  area  of employment embraces the
      entire county of issuance or (b) he is a member of the police department
      or force of a city located in such county of issuance.