Sneak & peek warrants

A sneak and peek search warrant (also called a covert entry search warrant or a surreptitious entry search warrant) is a search warrant authorizing the law enforcement officers executing it to effect physical entry into private premises without the owner’s or the occupant’s permission or knowledge and to clandestinely search the premises; usually, such entry requires a stealthy breaking and entering.

References

* [http://www.law.uga.edu/academics/profiles/wilkes.html Donald E. Wilkes, Jr.] , [http://www.law.uga.edu/academics/profiles/dwilkes_more/36sneak.html Sneak and Peek Search Warrants] & [http://www.law.uga.edu/academics/profiles/dwilkes_more/37patriot.pdf Sneak and Peek Search Warrants and the USA Patriot Act] (2002).