N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 690.25: Search warrants; to whom addressable and by whom executable

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

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.