§3116 Records of Examining Magistrate Judge; Return to Clerk of Court—(rule)

Summary

An older rule about filing search warrants and related papers (from 1940) was removed because the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (Rule 41(f)) already handled it. Rule 41(f) was later renumbered as Rule 41(g) by a 1972 change that took effect on Oct. 1, 1972. In 1968, Public Law 90–578 replaced the word “Commissioners” with “Magistrates.” Later, the term “magistrate judge” replaced “magistrate” under Public Law 101–650 (see the note under 28 U.S.C. §631). The 1968 change became effective Oct. 17, 1968, except when a later date applied; that later date was either when magistrates were appointed and took office or the third anniversary of Oct. 17, 1968, whichever came first.