(a) Search warrants and search warrant applications, affidavits, and inventories- including statements of unsuccessful execution-and documents required to be served must be filed with the court administrator. Documents must be filed as in civil actions, except that when documents are filed by facsimile transmission, a facsimile filing fee is not required.(b) Search warrants and related documents need not be filed until after execution of the search or the expiration of 10 days, unless this rule directs otherwise.(c) The prosecutor may request that a complaint, indictment, application, arrest warrant, search warrant, supporting documents, and any order granting the request not be filed, or be filed under seal.(d) An order must be issued granting the request in whole or in part if, from affidavits, written statements signed under penalty of perjury pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 358.116, sworn testimony, or other evidence, the court finds reasonable grounds exist to believe that: (1) in the case of complaint, indictment, or arrest documents, making the document public may cause a potential arrestee to flee, hide, or otherwise prevent the execution of the warrant; or,(2) in the case of a search warrant application, making the document public may cause the search or a related search to be unsuccessful, create a substantial risk of injury to an innocent person, or severely hamper an ongoing investigation.(e) The order must further direct that on execution and return of an arrest warrant, the filing required by paragraph (a) must be complied with immediately and the arrest warrant filed with the court must be made public. For a search warrant, following the commencement of any criminal proceeding utilizing evidence obtained in or as a result of the search, the supporting documents must be filed either immediately or at any other time as the court directs. If the search warrant was previously filed under seal, the documents and materials must be kept under seal until the court directs otherwise.(f) Except as otherwise specified in these rules, documents may be filed electronically as authorized or required by Rule 14 of the General Rules of Practice for the District Courts. Notwithstanding Rule 14 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice for the District Courts, documents prepared and presented to the court during a court proceeding, including but not limited to a signed guilty plea petition or signed waiver of counsel, are not required to be filed electronically.(g) Any signature, other than those governed by Rule 1.06, that is required by these rules may be affixed electronically by any electronic means.Amended effective 10/1/2016.