Mississippi Code Title 99. Criminal Procedure § 99-27-19

The form of search warrant may be as follows:

Search Warrant.

“State of Mississippi,

__________ County.

To any lawful officer of __________ County:

Whereas, __________ has this day made complaint on oath, before the undersigned officer in and for said county, that he has reason to believe, and does believe, that intoxicating liquor is being (strike out any of the following not sworn to):

violation of the laws of the state of Mississippi;

And that intoxicating liquor is being transported and attempted to be transported in a wagon, cart, automobile or other vehicle along the public road in said county known as the __________ public road, in violation of the laws of the state of Mississippi. And that __________ is suspected of being guilty of said violations in said county and state. And the undersigned having examined and considered said affidavit, and also after having heard and considered evidence in support thereof, doth find that probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant in the premises doth exist;

Wherefore, we command you that with such aid as in your judgment shall be needed, you do proceed in the day, or nighttime, to enter by breaking, if necessary, and to diligently search said above described places, or any of them, or said described vehicles and automobiles, in said county and state, for said intoxicating liquor, stills, and integral parts thereof, vehicles and receptacles and appliances as are used in connection therewith, making known to the person or persons in control thereof, if any, your authority for so doing, and if any intoxicating liquor, stills, or still, or integral part or parts thereof, vehicles, vessels, receptacles, as are used in connection therewith be found, that you seize same, and if practicable, that you bring them before me at my office instanter, and also arrest the said __________ and all other persons as may be in possession or control thereof, and bring them before me, and have then and there this writ, with your proceedings noted thereon. Herein fail not.

Witness my hand, this the ___ day of __________, 20___.