(a) The following shall be sufficient form of affidavit and application for search warrant:

IN THE (NAME OF COURT)

STATE OF DELAWARE

IN THE MATTER OF:

AFFIDAVIT AND AP-

(NAME OF PERSONS, HOUSE, PLICATION FOR

PLACE OR THING TO BE SEARCH

SEARCHED)

STATE OF DELAWARE

________________ COUNTY________ SS.

Be it remembered that on this ________ day of .________, A.D. 20 ____, before me (name of judge or justice of peace and designation of court), personally appeared (name and rank of affiant and designation of police department of which affiant is a member), who being by me duly sworn (or affirmed) deposes (or depose) and says (or say):

That the affiant (or affiants) has (or have) reason to believe and does (or do) believe that in the (house, place, conveyance or person known as ________ designate and describe briefly,) the owner(s) (or occupant(s)) is (are) (name and owner or owners, occupant or occupants) there has been and/or there is now located and/or concealed certain property in said house, place, conveyance and/or on the person or persons of the occupants thereof, consisting of property, papers, articles or things which are the instruments of a criminal offense, and/or obtained in the commission of a crime, and/or designated to be used in the commission of a crime, and not reasonably calculated to be used for any other purpose and/or the possession of which is unlawful and, in particular, (describe the property or person expected to be found) which said property, papers, articles or things were, are, or will be possessed and/or used in violation of Title 11, Chapter ________, Section ________, Delaware Code, in that (designate offense by name and brief statement of its commission).

And that the facts tending to establish probable cause for believing that the foregoing grounds for the application exist are as follows:

WHEREFORE, this (these) affiant(s) prays (or pray) that a search warrant may be issued authorizing a search of the aforesaid (house, place, conveyance, person or persons, or occupant or occupants) in the manner provided by law.

________________ Affiant

________________ Affiant

SWORN to (or affirmed) and subscribed before me this ________ day of ________, A.D. 20____

________________________________ (Judge or Justice of Peace —

Designate name, title and court)

(b) The following shall be a sufficient form of search warrant where search of a dwelling house in the nighttime is not authorized:

IN THE (NAME OF COURT)

STATE OF DELAWARE

IN THE MATTER OF:

(NAME OF PERSON, HOUSE, ________ SEARCH WARRANT

PLACE OR THING TO BE

SEARCHED)

THE STATE OF DELAWARE TO:

GREETINGS:

Upon the annexed affidavit and application or complaint for a search warrant, as I am satisfied that there is probable cause to believe that certain property, namely (describe the property) used or intended to be used for

,

is being concealed on the (premises) (person) described in the annexed affidavit and application or complaint;

NOW THEREFORE, YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED within 10 days of the date hereof to search the above-named person, persons, house, conveyance or place for the property specified in the annexed affidavit and application, and to search any occupant or occupants found in the house, place, or conveyance above named for such property, serving this warrant and making the search in the daytime, or in the nighttime if the property to be searched is not a dwelling house, and, if the property, papers, articles or things, or any part thereof, be found there, to seize it, giving to the person from whom or from whose premises the property was taken a copy of the warrant and a receipt for the property taken, or leaving the copy and receipt at the place from which the property was taken, and to prepare a signed inventory of the goods seized in the presence of the person from whose possession or premises the property was taken, if they are present, or, if they are not present, in the presence of at least 1 witness, and to return this warrant, accompanied by the written inventory, to me forthwith.

DATED the ________ day of ________,

A.D. 20____

________________________________ (Judge or Justice of Peace —

Designate name, title and court)

(c) The following shall be sufficient form of search warrant where search of a dwelling house in the nighttime is authorized:

IN THE (NAME OF COURT)

STATE OF DELAWARE

IN THE MATTER OF:

(NAME OF PERSON, HOUSE, ________ SEARCH WARRANT

PLACE OR THING TO BE

SEARCHED)

THE STATE OF DELAWARE TO:

GREETINGS:

Upon the annexed affidavit and application or complaint for a search warrant, as I am satisfied that there is probable cause to believe that certain property, namely (describe the property) used or intended to be used for

,

is being concealed on the (premises) (person) described in the annexed affidavit and application or complaint; and that search of the premises in the nighttime is necessary in order to prevent the escape or removal of the person or thing to be searched for;

NOW THEREFORE, YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED within 3 days of the date hereof to search the above-named person, persons, house, place or conveyance for the property specified in the annexed affidavit and application, and to search any occupant or occupants found in the house, place or conveyance above named for such property serving this warrant and making the search in the daytime, or in the nighttime and, if the property, papers, articles or things, or any part thereof, be found there, to seize it, giving to the person from whom or from whose premises the property was taken a copy of the warrant and a receipt for the property taken, or leaving the copy and receipt at the place from which the property was taken, and to prepare a signed inventory of the goods seized in the presence of the person from whose possession or premises the property was taken, if they are present, or, if they are not present, in the presence of at least 1 witness, and to return this warrant, accompanied by the written inventory, to me forthwith.

DATED the ________ day of ________,

A.D. 20____

________________________________ (Judge or Justice of Peace —

Designate name, title and court)

11 Del. C. 1953, § 2310; 53 Del. Laws, c. 359, § 2; 57 Del. Laws, c. 428; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 73 Del. Laws, c. 314, §§ 6, 7.