(1) Before ruling on the application, the judge may require the person making the affidavit to appear personally, examine the statement, the affiants, the applicant and any witnesses they may produce, and may call such witnesses they consider necessary to a decision. The Court shall record the hearing and it must be made part of the affidavit. The record shall be admissible as evidence on any motion to suppress.

(2) If the judge finds that the application meets the requirements of CTC 27.06.030, and that, on the basis of the record made before them, the grounds for the application exist, or there is probable cause to believe they exist, and that the search will discover things specified in the application and subject to seizure under CTC 27.06.020, the judge shall issue a search warrant based on their findings and in accordance with the requirements of CTC 27.06.030. If the judge finds that the application does not meet the requirements of CTC 27.06.030, the judge shall deny the application.

(3) The judge may orally authorize, through telephonic means or otherwise, a police officer or officer of the Court to sign the judge’s name on a duplicate original warrant. A duplicate original warrant will be a search warrant for the purposes of this rule, and it must be returned to the judge. In such cases, a judge shall enter on the face of the original warrant the exact time of the issuance of the warrant and the judge shall sign and file the original warrant in the manner provided by law.

(4) Until the warrant is executed, the proceedings upon application for a search warrant must be conducted with secrecy appropriate to the circumstances.