Rule 24 Search and seizure

If you're dealing with a search warrant issue in magistrate court, the same rules that apply in circuit court will apply here too. Magistrate courts don't have their own separate set of rules for search and seizure. Instead, they follow Rule 41, which is the rule circuit courts use.

This means things like how police get a search warrant, what they need to show a judge to get one, and how a search must be carried out all follow the circuit court standard. There's no different or easier process just because the case starts in magistrate court. The goal is to keep search and seizure rules consistent across the state, no matter which court is handling the case.