@chuckfreakingnorris3333

3 weeks ago

If you consent to a search by an officer, you can revoke your consent at any given time. And if you consent to a search of your property, you can authorize them to search only certain parts of your property.


Edit: Voluntary consent can only not be retracted if the officer finds something that gives them probable cause.


Edit 2: I'm seeing some replies about officers saying they'll search the property anyways because of 'reasonable suspicion'. Probable cause is required to search the property, and I quote "Search Authorization based on probable cause is required to conduct a lawful search." Police can only frisk you with reasonable suspicion. The second they search a pocket, purse, car, or other property based off of reasonable suspicion, becomes a violation of your 4th amendment rights.

If the officer claims that they now have probably cause to search your property, they need to be ready to prove that you did something illegal, or they found something illegal. Warrantless searches based off probable cause could be because of exigent circumstances, plain view, and hot pursuit. There are more, but these are fairly common.

Exigent circumstances - The suspect is trying to get rid of any possible evidence, and the officers need to get in.
Plain view - illegal contraband was in plain sight of where the officer would reasonably be able to see it. (Ex. From a public sidewalk, on a table at a restaurant, in an open field *without no trespassing signs*)
Hot pursuit - a suspect the police were pursuing entered a building.

If you ever get into a court case over an illegal search and you believe anything illegal is planted, you can order that the police turn over any video footage from the search. But you'd need to do it ASAP. If any video footage is destroyed, or the cameras were off, you can just let your lawyer handle the rest.

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