Judicial Authorizations

This page was last substantively updated or reviewed January 2021. (Rev. # 93007)

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Topics

• Applying for Judicial Authorizations
  • Contents of the ITO
  • Search Warrant Evidence
• Execution of Warrants
• Special Search Issues
  • Sealing and Unsealing Warrants
  • Computer-related Search Issues
  • Searches Intruding on Solicitor-Client Privilege
  • Protection of Journalist Records and Sources
  • Searches at an International Border

Standards of Proof

• Reasonable and Probable Grounds
• Reasonable Suspicion

Types of Warrants

• Section 487 Search Warrants
• Assistance Orders
• Production Orders
• Production Orders for Financial Data
• Production Orders for Tracking Data
• Wiretaps

Challenging a Warrant

• Judicial Authorization Standard of Review (Garolofi Applications)