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  2. Search and seizure - Wikipedia

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    Dareton police search the vehicle of a suspected drug smuggler in Wentworth, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, near the border with Victoria.. Search and seizure is a procedure used in many civil law and common law legal systems by which police or other authorities and their agents, who, suspecting that a crime has been committed, commence a search of a person's property and ...

  3. Civil forfeiture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Forfeiture is precluded if criminal charges related to the property seizure are never filed against a person, or prosecutors fail to establish the person’s criminal culpability. [78] 3rd party owners need to prove their own innocence. [78] 100% of proceeds go to law enforcement when a forfeiture is pursued by local agencies.

  4. Police Cannot Seize Property Indefinitely After an Arrest ...

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    The Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures extends to the length of a seizure, a federal court ruled last week, significantly restricting how long law enforcement ...

  5. Search warrant - Wikipedia

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    With rented property, a landlord may refuse to allow law enforcement to search a tenant's apartment without a search warrant, and police must obtain a warrant under the same guidelines as if the tenant were the owner of the property. [18] People who are occupying rooms at hotels or motels have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their rooms.

  6. Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The Bill of Rights in the National Archives. The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights.It prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets requirements for issuing warrants: warrants must be issued by a judge or magistrate, justified by probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and must particularly describe the place to be ...

  7. New safeguards on Kansas police seizures of property coming ...

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    The new law raises the standard of evidence for seizures, imposes stricter deadlines on law enforcement and requires the filing of affidavits of probable cause before forfeiture proceedings begin.

  8. Law enforcement agency powers - Wikipedia

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    A law enforcement agency (LEA) has powers, which other government subjects do not, to enable the LEA to undertake its responsibilities. These powers are generally in one of six forms: Exemptions from laws; Intrusive powers, for search, seizure, and interception; Legal deception; Use of force and constraint of liberty; Jurisdictional override ...

  9. Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz - Wikipedia

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    Michigan Dept. of State Police v. Sitz, 496 U.S. 444 (1990), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the constitutionality of police sobriety checkpoints. The Court held 6-3 that these checkpoints met the Fourth Amendment standard of "reasonable search and seizure." However, upon remand to the Michigan Supreme Court, that court held ...