§ 2575 - Search warrant; judicial proceedings
§ 2575. Search warrant; judicial proceedings
If a person or corporation which has complied with the provisions of section 2571 of this title, or the agent of such person or corporation, makes oath before a judge of a district court that he has reason to believe and does believe that a person has unlawfully in his possession or is secreting a receptacle marked as provided in section 2571, such judge, if satisfied that there is a reasonable cause for the belief, shall issue a search warrant to discover and obtain the same, and may cause to be brought before him a person in whose possession such receptacle is found, and shall thereupon inquire into the circumstances of such possession. If such judge finds that such person is guilty of a wilful violation of a provision of sections 2572-2574 of this title, he shall impose the penalty prescribed therein, and award to the owner the possession of the property taken upon such search warrant. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10.)