When application is made pursuant to this article for a certificate of compliance with respect to any house, dwelling or unit, the municipal judge of the county circuit court shall have authority to issue search warrants for searches or inspections of such house, dwelling or unit to determine the existence of violations of chapters 6, 20, 23, 25 or 29 of this Code. Warrants and searches or inspections made pursuant thereto shall conform to and be governed by the following provisions:

    (1)    The city manager may make application for the issuance of a search warrant.

    (2)    The application shall:

        a.    Be in writing;

        b.    State the time and date of the making of the application;

        c.    Identify the property or places to be searched in sufficient detail and particularity that the officer executing the warrant can readily ascertain it;

        d.    State facts sufficient to show probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant to search for violations of chapters 6, 20, 23, 25 or 29 of this Code;

        e.    Be verified by the oath or affirmation of the applicant; and

        f.    Be filed in the municipal division of the county circuit court.

    (3)    The application shall be supplemented by written affidavits verified by oath or affirmation. Such affidavits shall be considered in determining whether there is probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant and in filling out any deficiencies in the description of the property or places to be searched. Oral testimony shall not be considered.

    (4)    The judge shall hold a nonadversary hearing to determine whether sufficient facts have been stated to justify the issuance of a search warrant. If it appears from the application and any supporting affidavits that there is probable cause to inspect or search for violations of chapters 6, 20, 23, 25 or 29 of this Code, a search warrant shall immediately be issued to search for such violations. The warrant shall be issued in the form of an original and two (2) copies.

    (5)    The application and any supporting affidavits and a copy of the warrant shall be retained in the records of the municipal judge.

    (6)    Search warrants issued under this section shall: a. Be in writing and in the name of the issuing authority;

        b.    Be directed to any police officer or deputy in the city;

        c.    State the time and date the warrant is issued;

        d.    Identify the property or places to be searched in sufficient detail and particularity that the officer executing the warrant can readily ascertain it;

        e.    Be limited to a search or inspection for violations of chapters 6, 20, 23, 25 or 29 of this Code;

        f.    Command that the described property or places be searched and that any photographs of violations found thereof or therein be brought, within ten (10) days after filing of the application, to the judge who issued the warrant, to be dealt with according to law; and

        g.    Be signed by the municipal judge, with his title of office indicated.

    (7)    A search warrant issued under this section may be executed only by a police officer or deputy of the city. The warrant shall be executed by conducting the search commanded.

    (8)    A search warrant shall be executed as soon as practicable and shall expire if it is not executed and the return made within ten (10) days after the date of the making of the application.

    (9)    After execution of the search warrant, the warrant with a return thereon, signed by the officer making the search, shall be delivered to the judge who issued the warrant. The return shall show the date and manner of execution and the name of the possessor and of the owner of the property or places searched, when he is not the same person, if known.

    (10)    A search warrant shall be deemed invalid:

        a.    If it was not issued by a judge of the municipal division of the Boone County, Missouri, Circuit Court;

        b.    If it was issued without a written application having been filed and verified;

        c.    If it was issued without probable cause;

        d.    If it was not issued with respect to property or places within the city;

        e.    If it does not describe the property or places to be searched with sufficient certainty;

        f.    If it is not signed by the judge who issued it; or

        g.    If it was not executed within the time prescribed by subsection (8) of this section.

(Code 1964, § 11.1165)