{"data":{"id":"us-mt/46-5-227","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"46-5-227","heading":"Service and return of search warrant.","body":"Service of a search warrant is made by exhibiting the original warrant or a duplicate original warrant at the place to be searched, to the person to be searched, or to a known lawful occupant of a property to be searched. The officer taking property under the warrant shall give to the person from whom or from whose premises the property is taken a copy of the search warrant and a receipt for the property taken or shall leave the copy and receipt at the place from which the property was taken. Failure to leave a copy and receipt may not render the property seized inadmissible at trial.","path":["TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 5. SEARCH AND SEIZURE","Part 2. Search Warrants"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0050/part_0020/section_0270/0460-0050-0020-0270.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:40Z","sha256":"7da4cce030a1a3d8ecce9f20942ac0647a5df8aea86fe531b5ab011fa10ca652","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/46-5-226","next":"us-mt/46-5-228"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}