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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Complaints and discipline - Intervention in practice

175: Notice of execution of warrant

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You need to know what happens when a warrant is executed. If you are not at the place when the warrant is executed, the person doing it must leave a note. The note must say when the warrant was executed, the person's name, and where you can find them. If things are taken from the place, the person must leave a list of what was taken or send it to you within 10 working days. You can find more information about warrants in section 172. When a warrant is executed, the person doing it might take some things. They must then tell you what they took, either by leaving a note or sending you a list.

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Part 7Complaints and discipline
Intervention in practice

175Notice of execution of warrant

  1. If the occupier of the place is not present at the time at which a warrant issued under section 172 is executed, the person executing the warrant must leave in a prominent location at the place a written statement of—

  2. the time and date of the execution of the warrant; and
    1. his or her name; and
      1. the address of his or her place of business or of any other place at which inquiries may be made.

        1. If, in the execution of a warrant issued under section 172, the person executing the warrant removes from the premises to which the warrant relates any money or other property or any records or documents, that person—

        2. must leave in a prominent place on the premises a written inventory of all things removed; or
          1. must, within 10 working days after the execution of the warrant, deliver, or send by registered mail, to the occupier of the premises or the person in charge of the premises, as the case may require, a written inventory of all things removed.