§ 1238 Papers returned to district court.

Here's what this rule means: after a search warrant is used, the magistrate (the judge who approved the warrant) has to gather up certain paperwork. This includes the depositions (sworn statements), the search warrant itself, the return (proof of what happened when the warrant was carried out), and the inventory (a list of items taken during the search).

The magistrate must staple or clip these documents together and send them to the district court. This has to happen before the court's first day in session, so the paperwork is ready when the grand jury looks into the case. The district court that receives these papers must be the one with authority to handle cases involving that type of crime in that county.

Basically, this rule makes sure all the records from a search warrant get passed along properly and on time. It keeps the paper trail intact so a grand jury has everything it needs to review what happened during the search.