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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Iionorablo Bert lord, Adminl6trator Texas Liquor Control Board Austin 1, Texas
Opinion Ho. O-69211
a was therm in por~emsion ot tha two iMp.OtOrlJ entW-*d th8 Z'WIi- loarohmd the prealirs8 and round two pint8 of liquor'. A copy of tha r8arohwarrant was loft on the table.*
Honmabla Bert Pord - Pnga 8
The question ralaed In your request ia whe+&8r raid f&e ahow auoh faIlur8 of oomplIanoe with t$a eeareh and aolauun lane In regard to notior aa to render aaId liquor ~atlmiaaIblo on thr trial of drtmdsmt aa being lYidanocr obtaIne6 l.n YIolAtIon 0r law.
Arti 6bb-20, Vamon~a Annotated Penal Code of tb Stnto of Toxaa, War the rubtitle, 'Soarohea and S0iaur~0 = protidor, inter din, that a aenroh wnrrnnt mny iaaur M&r Title 6 oi the Ooda of OrtrPinal Proordura for the QW ofta of aemrahing for, roiaing, and dratroying any aloohol fto berernge poasara6d, lo ltl, tr a na p o ma r tonufa 4 o- tured, kept, or stored ln riolation of the proYioIons 0r thIa Ad; 8earJ wur?mta mu be Irauod br say aagietrata upon the Mfidarft of a on6 Tble pereon, ratting forth the name or daaoription of the omnar or pereon la obargo of the premises to be aearohad, or stating that hia nam and do- aoriptioa are unknown, thr addrosa or deeoription of the preaI000, and ahowing that the dasorikd prenlar la a place where 80810 apaoittad phase or phaa68 of this aot are YIO- lated or are befag violated; If the plao8 to be sOar&?d IO a private dwelling oooupiod aa auoh and no part thareof 10 uaad se a atoro, ahop, hotel, boarding how., or any purpose other than a rlrato tesldanoe auah affidavit &all be mde by two 7 a) or~dible ~araona~ and, except aa herein proridol the applloatlon, lesuanoa, and rxaoutioa or any auoh warrant and &ll proaeodlnga rolatiY8 tharoto ahall oodorm aa near aa my be to thr pro~ialona of Title b of the Coda of Criminal Proeoduror
~tlolo 919, Title 6 or the Code 0r CrImInal pro- oadura, prdribea that the offioer shall, upon going to tha p2aoa ordered to be loarehed, or baiorr laIzIng any propsty for whIoh ho IO ordered to anLo arnroh, give notioo of hia DW&lOBOto the pereon who ha charge of, or ia an inmete of the place, or who ha8 poeaeoaIon of the propartq draorikd in the wa.rrnnt. Honorable Bert Ford - Page 3
The Court of CrlnInel Appaala, nffIrmI6g 6 on- riotion for aanufaoturIng Intoxioating liquor In &a Y'r Stats, 26 S. ii. (Zd) 211, held, Inter alia, as fo&nfar mApprllant *a Sirat oontentlon la t&et t&a leuoh was Illegal, baoauaa appellant wna not notified by the ofrioare t&t thal had 6 aeeroh warrant. The efficera had the eearoh wnrraat. They marely failed to notify appllent oi uah hot, Whaa the offloors eppronahad, appall& wna hiding In the brush, and it doaa not appear that he wna In the house v&a