§ 174 Warrant directed to whom.

This rule says that only a peace officer can carry out a warrant. When a judge issues a warrant, it has to be addressed to a police officer or other qualified law enforcement officer, not to a regular citizen or anyone else.

This means the actual work of executing the warrant, like making an arrest or conducting a search, must be done by someone with proper law enforcement authority. It keeps warrants from being handled by private citizens or officials who don't have the legal power to enforce them.

For anyone involved in a case, this rule matters because it protects your rights. If a warrant is executed by someone who isn't a real peace officer, that could be a problem with how the warrant was carried out.