808.1  Definitions.
  For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
  1.  “Affidavit” means a written declaration or statement of fact made under oath, or legally sufficient affirmation, before any person authorized to administer oaths within or without the state.
  2.  “Search warrant” means an order in writing, in the name of the state, signed by a magistrate, and directed to a peace officer commanding the officer to search a person, premises, or thing, issued pursuant to the requirements of section 808.3, or to place, track, monitor, or remove a global positioning device, issued pursuant to the requirements of section 808.4A.
[C51, §3291; R60, §5024; C73, §4629; C97, §5545; C24, 27, 31, §13418; C35, §13441-g1; C39, §13441.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §751.1; C79, 81, §808.1]
2014 Acts, ch 1083, §1
See §622.85; 
R.Cr.P. 2.36
For future amendments to section contingent upon adoption of rules by the supreme court regarding electronic search warrants, see 
2017 Acts, ch 37, §2, 3, 9