An Indiana search warrant is an official report issued to a licensed person that allows the licensed male/female to carry out a particular action. If you have been in a crime, have an arrest report, or are suspected of committing a crime, acquiring a copy/replica of your Indiana history and criminal record is critical. 

Warrants Issued In Indiana

Information on warrants issued in Indiana can be obtained through the Indiana courts. Non-classified warrant information can usually be found on the justice information website. The site can provide details on suspects who have notable warrants. 

This statement is obtainable in the trial summary section for anyone. On request, the court clerk will give details on the warrant. To find out if they have a warrant, requesters should go to the clerk’s office in their county. 

A county sheriff’s bureau, on the other hand, may make the subpoena search website functional to the public. Typically, this information is limited to a certain area. The Lake County Sheriff’s Department, for example, maintains a warrant search portal.

The sheriff’s branch also provides data and information on high-profile warrants. Individuals can ask about how to get hold of warrant information by appearing in their office.

A third-Party site is a site that makes accessing warrant records easier because this is where all warrants issued are maintained. The data available on the website may be different since governments don’t source them. To get these warrant records through the site(third-party), one is required to provide the following:

The Location of the alleged suspect (i.e., where the warrant was issued)

Information about the issuing officer

The alleged suspect’s personal information.  

Indiana Search Warrant

In Indiana, search warrants are commonly used in criminal searches. It is a legal written order that permits government agencies to search a specific location for evidence without the approval of the person searched. 

Search warrants are crucial since it’s the only way to do searches in the country/states that have been authorised, and because of this, certain requirements must be met before a Chief Justice in Indiana allows a thorough search warrant (what we mean is that the detective who demands a search warrant must submit a signed document to the judge showing probable cause). Searches can be requested or issued for these causes:

Stealing a person’s goods unlawfully. Having something the government has deemed illegal 

Possession of a property intended to be used to commit a crime or hiding a shred of evidence to prevent the discovery of the crime.

Having a Property that makes up evidence of an offence committed.

A weapon (e.g., Gun) that’s owned by a person who is deemed dangerous.

Duration Of A Search Warrant 

There are different types of warrants, one of which is “Bench Warrants.” The length at which a warrant is valid for or in use depends on the type, and majorly, most warrants do not have an expiring period, even the ones issued in the states’. 

For example, a Bench Warrant can stay active until the judge calls it off or when the subject of the warrant perishes, and it’s the same application for every other warrant placed in Indiana, but since the state law ordered that all arrest warrants for all criminal acts will become inactive 180 days after being issued, sheriffs holding an expired criminal arrest warrant can be issued another one by the judge.

 This doesn’t apply to a felony arrest warrant which remains active and in use until that purpose is met. 

The Cause For A Search Warrant In Indiana To Be Deemed Invalid

If there is no probable reason/cause for the search, then a warrant request is deemed invalid. The invalid search comes about when the 4th amendment is violated. Enforcement agencies are responsible for carrying out the warrants under the court’s direction. Hence, when they don’t execute it properly, it becomes invalid.

What does “Failure to Appear” in Indiana entail?

For every warrant search issued, the judge beforehand demands the subject’s appearance in court for a stated period, and if he/she fails to obey the instruction, whether intentionally or purposefully, the judge has the right to reprimand him/her by issuing a bench warrant. For every disobedience to the court, an additional charge will be included in the defaulter’s original offence. 

Conclusion 

A search in a person’s home and acquiring the property of that person is completely useless if there is no probable cause and no issued warrants from a court (a signed document by the judge), and when this happens) the right to privacy of a person should not be infringed on.

  1. What’s the 4th amendment? 

The U.S Constitution states that a person is protected from every unreasonable search and seizing of their property that has no probable cause. 

  1. What is the importance of the fourth(4th) amendment?

Every citizen must know their rights like it’s their second nature. This right is key because it protects all citizens from the government seizing their goods/properties unreasonably or without owning a warrant. This makes a standard for all enforcement agencies that they must have a warrant or have a reason to search (a probable reason). Seizures occur when law enforcement agencies personally take properties to use as evidence. 

  1. What happens if I get a warrant from a different city or state? 

When an arrest warrant is given to you, even when you’re in a different state and the Cops find you, you’ll be arrested and taken into custody there.