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		Section/Rule:	No. 38
Subject:	Forms - Rules of Criminal Procedure - Criminal Procedures Forms	Publication / Adopted Date:
Topic:	Complaint for Search Warrant to Authorize the Search for Stolen Property	Revised / Effective Date:

FORM NO. 38

COMPLAINT FOR SEARCH WARRANT TO AUTHORIZE THE SEARCH FOR STOLEN PROPERTY

(On information and belief, with attached affidavit)

STATE OF MISSOURI )
) ss.
COUNTY OF ___________ )

IN THE MAGISTRATE COURT WITHIN AND FOR SAID COUNTY

________________, being duly sworn, deposes and states upon information and belief that heretofore the following described personal property, to-wit: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ of the goods and chattels of _______________has been heretofore unlawfully stolen, and that said above described personal property is now being held and kept at the following place in the said county and state, to-wit: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________;

That the basis of the affiant's information and belief is contained in the attached affidavits of witnesses to facts concerning the said matter which affidavits are made a part hereof and are submitted herewith as a basis upon which this court may find the existence of a probable cause for the issuance of said warrant.

Wherefore complainant prays that a search warrant be issued as provided by law.

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Subscribed and sworn to before me this _____ day of _____________, 19___

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JUDGE OF SAID COURT

(There should be attached to this complaint, affidavits of witnesses stating evidentiary facts from which the court may draw the inference that there is probable cause to believe that the personal property described in the affidavit has been stolen and is located at the place described in the affidavit.)