RULE 2.3
                     SEARCH AND SEIZURE

    (a) Authority To Issue Warrant. A search warrant authorized by this
rule may be issued by the court upon request of a peace officer or a
prosecuting attorney.
    (b) Property or Persons Which May Be Seized With a Warrant. A warrant
may be issued under this rule to search for and seize any (1) evidence of a
crime; or (2) contraband, the fruits of crime, or things otherwise
criminally possessed; or (3) weapons or other things by means of which a
crime has been committed or reasonably appears about to be committed; or
(4) person for whose arrest there is probable cause, or who is unlawfully
restrained.
    (c) Issuance and Contents. A search warrant may be issued only if the
court determines there is probable cause for the issuance of a warrant.
There must be an affidavit, a document as provided in RCW 9A.72.085 or any
law amendatory thereto, or sworn testimony establishing the grounds for
issuing the warrant. The sworn testimony may be an electronically recorded
telephonic statement. The recording or a duplication of the recording shall
be a part of the court record and shall be transcribed if requested by a
party if there is a challenge to the validity of the warrant or if ordered
by the court. The evidence in support of the finding of probable cause
shall be preserved and shall be subject to constitutional limitations for
such determinations and may be hearsay in whole or in part. If the court
finds that probable cause for the issuance of a warrant exists, it shall
issue a warrant or direct an individual whom it authorizes for such purpose
to affix the court's signature to a warrant identifying the property or
person and naming or describing the person, place or thing to be searched.
The court shall record a summary of any additional evidence on which it
relies. The warrant shall be directed to any peace officer. It shall
command the officer to search, within a specified period of time not to
exceed 10 days, the person, place, or thing named for the property or
person specified. It shall designate to whom it shall be returned. The
warrant may be served at any time.
    (d) Execution and Return With Inventory. The peace 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 warrant and a receipt for the
property taken. If no such person is present, the officer may post a copy
of the search warrant and receipt. The return shall be made promptly and
shall be accompanied by a written inventory of any property taken. The
inventory shall be made in the presence of the person from whose possession
or premises the property is taken, or in the presence of at least one
person other than the officer. The court shall upon request deliver a copy
of the inventory to the person from whom or from whose premises the
property was taken and to the applicant for the warrant.
    (e) Motion for Return of Property. A person aggrieved by an unlawful
search and seizure may move the court for the return of the property on the
ground that the property was illegally seized and that the person is
lawfully entitled to possession thereof. If the motion is granted the
property shall be returned. If a motion for return of property is made or
comes on for hearing after an indictment or information is filed in the
court in which the motion is pending, it shall be treated as a motion to
suppress.
    (f) Searches of Media.
    (1) Scope. If an application for a search warrant is governed by RCW
10.79.015(3) or 42 U.S.C. sections 2000aa et seq., this section controls
the procedure for obtaining the evidence.
    (2) Subpoena Duces Tecum. Except as provided in subsection (3), if the
court determines that the application satisfies the requirements for
issuance of a warrant, as provided in section (c) of this rule, the court
shall issue a subpoena duces tecum in accordance with CR 45(b).
    (3) Warrant. If the court determines that the application satisfies the
requirements for issuance of a warrant and that RCW 10.79.015(3) and 42
U.S.C. sections 2000aa et seq. permit issuance of a search warrant rather
than a subpoena duces tecum, the court may issue a warrant.

                          Comment
    Supersedes RCW 10.79.010, .030.