1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime; allowing courts to extend the time 
  1.3             period for search warrants for financial records; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 626.15. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 626.15, is 
  1.7   amended to read: 
  1.8      626.15 [EXECUTION AND RETURN OF WARRANT, TIME.] 
  1.9      (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a search warrant 
  1.10  must be executed and returned to the court which issued it 
  1.11  within ten days after its date.  After the expiration of this 
  1.12  time, the warrant is void unless previously executed.  
  1.13     (b) A district court judge may grant an extension of a 
  1.14  warrant on a financial institution for financial records upon an 
  1.15  application under oath stating that the financial institution 
  1.16  has not produced the requested financial records within ten days 
  1.17  and that an extension is necessary to achieve the purposes for 
  1.18  which the search warrant was granted.  Each extension may not 
  1.19  exceed 30 days. 
  1.20     For the purposes of this paragraph, "financial institution" 
  1.21  has the meaning given in section 13A.01, subdivision 2, and 
  1.22  "financial records" has the meaning given in section 13A.01, 
  1.23  subdivision 3. 
  1.24     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.25     Section 1 is effective August 1, 1999, and applies to 
  2.1   warrants issued on or after that date.