MUSTANG LUMBER, INC VS. CA (Davide, Jr., 1996) A search warrant has a lifetime of 10 days.

It could be served at any timewithi n 10 days. If its object or purpose cannot be accomplished in 1 day, thesame may be continued the following day or days until completed, provided it is within t he 10 day period. FACTS: On 1 April 1990, Special Actions and Investigation Division (SAID),acting on information that a huge pile of narra flitches, shorts, and slabs wereseen i nside the lumberyard of Mustang Lumber, conducted a surveillance atMustang lumbe ryard. The team saw a truck loaded with lauan and almacigalumber coming out of t he lumberyard. Since the driver could not produce therequired invoices and trans port documents, the team seized the truck together with its cargo and impounded them at DENR compound. On 3 April 1990,RTC Valenzuela issued a search warrant. O n same day, the team seizedfrom the lumberyard narra shorts, trimmings and slabs , narra lumber, andvarious species of lumber and shorts. On 4 April 1990, team r eturned tolumberyard and placed under administrative seizure (owner retains phys icalpossession of seized articles, only an inventory is taken) the remaining lum ber because Mustang Lumber failed to produce required documents upondemand. Upon recommendation of SAID Chief Robles, DENR Sec Factoransuspended Mustang Lumbers permit and confiscated in favor of the govt theseized articles. Mustang Lumber fi led for a TRO against Factoran and Robles,and questioned the validity of the Apr il 1 and 4 seizure. RTC held that thewarrantless seizure on April 1 is valid as it comes within the exceptions wherewarrantless seizure is justified (search of a moving vehicle), and April 4seizure was also valid pursuant to the search warr ant issued on April 3. CAaffirmed. Mustang lumber filed a petition for review on certiorari.ISSUES: a) WON the search and seizure on April 4 was valid.