HB4138

Illinois HB4138 mandates telecommunications carriers to return seized electronic items within 36 hours if the warrant was issued for a forcible.

Illinois HB4138 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 to require telecommunications carriers to return all electronic instruments, articles, or things seized within 36 hours if the search warrant was issued for an investigation of a forcible felony. The inventory of seized items must be filed with the return and signed under oath by the officer or person executing the warrant. This law aims to expedite the return of electronic items seized during forcible felony investigations.