---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 3102"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "3102"
heading: "Authority to issue search warrant—(Rule)"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/3102"
units:
  - "Part II — Criminal Procedure"
  - "Chapter 205 — Searches and Seizures"
---

# §3102. Authority to issue search warrant—(Rule)



## Source credit

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 819; Pub. L. 90–578, title III, § 301(a)(4), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1115; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1968—Pub. L. 90–578 substituted “magistrates” for “Commissioners”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“U.S. magistrate judges” substituted for “U.S. magistrates” in text pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

### Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 90–578 effective Oct. 17, 1968, except when a later effective date is applicable, which is the earlier of date when implementation of amendment by appointment of magistrates [now United States magistrate judges] and assumption of office takes place or third anniversary of enactment of Pub. L. 90–578 on Oct. 17, 1968, see section 403 of Pub. L. 90–578, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.