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"In situations where there is a lawful arrest, but no prosecution, there are no clear rules on retaining personal property. In these cases, police have been confiscating phones to punish protestors."
Replevin (/ r ɪ ˈ p l ɛ v ɪ n /) or claim and delivery (sometimes called revendication) is a legal remedy which enables a person to recover personal property taken wrongfully or unlawfully, and to obtain compensation for resulting losses. [1]
Search incident to a lawful arrest, commonly known as search incident to arrest (SITA) or the Chimel rule (from Chimel v.California), is a U.S. legal principle that allows police to perform a warrantless search of an arrested person, and the area within the arrestee’s immediate control, in the interest of officer safety, the prevention of escape, and the preservation of evidence.
A writ of attachiamenta bonorum allowed for the seizure of personal property to recover a debt. [5] In relation to criminal investigations, the police have a range of powers to search people and places without first making an arrest, often described as "stop and search". The United Kingdom has several different legal systems and the powers and ...
Travis Kelce's personal property has reportedly been recovered in Rhode Island, weeks after his Kansas City-area home was targeted in a burglary.. On Nov. 22, ABC News reported that authorities ...
A Texas man is suing Sedgwick County after he was arrested and strip-searched for not mowing the lawn at his rental property. Samuel S. Pray, of Cypress, Texas, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court ...
Unclaimed property laws in the United States provide for two reporting periods each year whereby unclaimed bank accounts, stocks, insurance proceeds, utility deposits, un-cashed checks and other forms of "personal property" are reported first to the individual state's Unclaimed Property Office, then published in a local newspaper and then ...
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Deanna Thomas, a 56-year-old homeless woman who was as handcuffed, violently thrown on the ground and kneeled on by police officers in ...