\nAn order may issue only on an affidavit or affidavits sworn to before the judge and establishing the following grounds for the order:\n(1) That there is probable cause to believe that a felony offense, or a Class A1 or Class 1 misdemeanor offense has been committed;\n(2) That there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the person named or described in the affidavit committed the offense; and\n(3) That the results of specific nontestimonial identification procedures will be of material aid in determining whether the person named in the affidavit committed the offense. (1973, c. 1286, s. 1; 1997-80, s. 14.)
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