Mr Trump said in a statement that Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach was "occupied by a large group of FBI agents".
Monday's search was reportedly connected to an investigation into Mr Trump's handling of official papers.
"These are dark times for our nation," Mr Trump's statement said. "Nothing like this has ever happened to a president of the United States before."
Neither the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) nor the justice department have commented on the reported search.
An unnamed law enforcement official told CBS News, the BBC's US partner, that the Secret Service was notified shortly before the warrant was served around 10:00 local time (14:00 GMT), and that agents protecting Mr Trump helped the FBI investigators.
Several boxes were taken away, the source said, adding that no doors were kicked down and that the raid had concluded by the late afternoon.
A federal search warrant must be signed by a judge. Though such a warrant does not suggest that criminal charges are expected, law enforcement agencies must first demonstrate the possibility that evidence of illegality will be found.
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There has never been a search warrant quite like this in American history, Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg told the BBC, describing it as "a big deal".
American presidents are required by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) to transfer all of their letters, work documents and emails to the National Archives (NA).
There are also other federal laws regarding the handling of classified documents.
In February, the National Archives said it had retrieved 15 boxes of papers from Mar-a-Lago, which Mr Trump should have turned over when he left the White House.
The agency later told Congress the boxes included "items marked as classified national security information".
Mr Trump's lawyer, Christina Bobb, told NBC News that some papers had been seized during the search.
Donald Trump's other legal battles:
- A House of Representatives select committee is investigating Mr Trump's actions surrounding the US Capitol riot on 6 January 2021 - when Trump supporters rioted at the Congress building in Washington DC as lawmakers met to certify Mr Biden's election victory
- The justice department is examining the former president's challenge to the results of the 2020 presidential election
- A prosecutor in Fulton County, Georgia, is investigating whether Mr Trump and his associates tried to interfere in that state's results from the election
- On top of that, Mr Trump faces a further array of lawsuits ranging from allegations of fraud, to inflating asset values, to sexual harassment. He denies any wrongdoing
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Trump releases video claiming U.S. is ‘a nation in decline’
Hours after announcing that Mar-a-Lago had been raided, Trump released a nearly four-minute video that casts the United States as a “nation in decline” but promises that “we will have greatness again.”
Narrated by Trump, the video ticks through a long series of alleged shortcomings of the presidency of Joe Biden, including inflation, covid deaths, the U.S. “surrender” in Afghanistan and what he calls the curbing of free speech.
“We are a nation that has weaponized law enforcement against the opposing political party like never before,” Trump says at one point in the video, which was shared on his social media site, Truth Social.
It’s unclear when the campaign-style video was produced. It turns more upbeat in its final minute, teasing another Trump White House run with videos of some of his political rallies.
“We are a nation in many ways that has become a joke, but soon
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