Can The Police Search Your RV Without A Warrant?

Above, at camp near Ash Fork, Arizona. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Since we're coming up to the summer vacation season (it usually starts Memorial Day weekend), the following is timely.

RV Life has posted an article on, "Can police search your RV without a warrant?"

The begin it with:

Generally speaking, the answer to the question “Can the police search my RV without a warrant?” is no, because the Fourth Amendment protects your privacy.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Fourth Amendment

That’s the law, but of course every situation is different. It’s these unique circumstances that give rise to all the case law that further defines how the Fourth Amendment should be interpreted and applied. And that is where we encounter all the exceptions to our Fourth Amendment privacy expectations. So, what are the exceptions that give the police the authority to search your RV without a warrant?

To read more, go here.