Law enforcement sometimes asks for permission to search. How do you respond? How can you challenge a supposed "consent search?"
It’s possible to withdraw (“revoke”) your consent in order to stop a search. But you have to do it right and you have to do it in time.
Police officers may usually search the home of an owner who consents. But what if someone other than the owner offers to let the cops have a look around?
A landlord's consent typically isn't enough to let the police search a renter's home.
Police need a warrant before they can search a home, unless an exception to the warrant requirement applies.
For Fourth Amendment search purposes, hotel rooms are much like homes. Police need a warrant to search, unless an exception exists.
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