CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 39
PROCEEDINGS IN MAGISTRATE’S DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT COURT
19-3903. Issuance and form of warrant. If the magistrate judge is satisfied therefrom that the offense complained of has been committed, he must issue a warrant of arrest, which must be substantially in the following form:
County of…..
The state of Idaho to any sheriff, constable, marshal or policeman, in this state:
Complaint, upon oath, having been this day made before me…. (magistrate judge), by C.D., that the offense of…. (designating it generally), has been committed, and accusing E.F. thereof; you are therefore commanded forthwith to arrest the above named E.F. and bring him before me forthwith at…. (naming place).
Witness my hand at…., this…. day of….,….. A.B.
History:
[(19-3903) Cr. Prac. 1864, sec. 597, p. 287; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 8281; C.S., sec. 9229; I.C.A., sec. 19-4003; am. 2002, ch. 32, sec. 8, p. 49; am. 2012, ch. 20, sec. 12, p. 68.]