Call the Clerk of Courts office and ask if that particular judge is assigned to your judicial district.
By calling the local issuing authority or District Judge in your jurisdiction.
Not enough is known of the situation to comment. If a judge signed the warrant it WAS legal, and it would be up to your defense attorney to question its validity.
YES.. a bench Warrant means there is a Judge that wants to see you. do to non compliance with court orders, failure to appear etc. Only a Judge can issue a Bench Warrant. this answer refers to California. i'm unsure about other states. :)
A JUDICIAL Officer must review the affidavit for legal sufficiency - once they sign it it becomes valid. A judicial officer would include a Judge, Justice Of The Peace, or a Magistrate.
A warrant is issued by a judge, and the judge decides what is necessary.
A judge must sign a warrant for it to be active!
A bench warrant is a bench warrant whether it is issued by a criminal court judge or a civil court judge.
You don't get a copy of the search warrant unless you are the owner or legal inhabitant of the premises on which the warrant was served. Then (according to the laws of your jurisdiction), at the conclusion of the search you may get a copy of the warrant along with the list of seized items.
Under the Constitution, which is the law of the land in the USA, Search and Seizure is legal when the police have received a search warrant normally signed by a local judge. There are some situations, depending on the jurisdiction (where the search takes place) in which the police don't require a search warrant signed by a judge.
The date must be there on a search warrant, issued by a judge.
A warrant is canceled on the order of a judge.