Unlike a bench warrant or arrest warrant, a search warrant does not permit North Dakota law enforcement personnel to take a criminal defendant into custody. Instead, a search warrant permits law enforcement to search the home, vehicle, or property of the subject of the warrant. A search warrant is only issued when a judge is convinced there is probable cause a crime has been committed and the search warrant is necessary to find items connected to the crime. Many search warrants are issued without this proper finding, which is a legal challenge best left to a Fargo and North Dakota criminal lawyer.