covert entry search warrant

A warrant authorizing law-enforcement officers to clandestinely enter private premises in the absence of the owner or occupant without prior notice, and to search the premises and collect intangible evidence, esp. photographs and eyewitness information.

• Although previously used in federal criminal investigations, these types of warrants were first given express statutory authority by the USA Patriot Act. 18 USCA § 3103a. Information gathered while executing a sneak-and-peek warrant can later be used to support a search warrant under which physical evidence can be seized.

— Also termed sneak-and-peek search warrant; surreptitious-entry search warrant.

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