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Can a police officer search a trash can if there is a no trespassing sign up?
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∙ 12y ago
Trash cans are considered to be private property and not subject to a warrantless search until they are placed at the curb for pickup. Once that happens, the police can search the trash cans and seize anything they find.
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Can the police collect evidence out of someones trash?
The police can search trash only if a person does not have a reasonable expectation that it is private. The police can’t search the following types of trash unless they have a warrant or probable cause: Trash inside a home Trash outside of a home Trash in a person’s pockets or bags Trash in the back of a car You have a right to protect your property within your home’s boundaries, even if you throw it away as trash. If the police desire to search your trash can, whether it is inside or outside your home, they must need probable cause or a warrant to do so. They can’t simply drive up to your home, open the trash bin you keep at the side of your property, and search it for evidence in an attempt to charge you with a crime or secure a conviction.
Is a search of abandoned property illegal?
No. Once property is abandoned or discarded, you lose the reasonable expectation of privacy, so a search is legal. For example, police often search the curbside trash of suspected drug dealers. They use their findings in order to get a search warrant.
What precedent did California v Greenwood establish?
It established a stronger allowance for police to search suspects. It held that trash can be searched without warrant. Wikipedia dat!
Can supervisors search employees trash cans?
If you mean trash cans at work, yes. The trash is the property of the employer.
Is it illegal to remove trash from someone else's container?
Yes, removing trash from someone else's container without permission can be considered theft or trespassing, depending on the circumstances and local laws. It is best to ask for permission before taking any items from someone else's property.
Why would the police look through your trash bags?
To find evidence.
Do bears eat trash when hungry?
Bears, in general, have been known to go through the trash in search of food to eat.
How do you find files?
Yes all you have to do if search under start for your trash can. (-:
Is it true that once trash is placed at the curb for the garbage truck officers may seize it and search it without warrant?
Yes, once trash is on the curb, it is no longer considered as "private property" and officers may search it as needed.
What is the percentage of recyclable trash in India?
59% in Delhi, but it is done by the low-level Kabari, people who just search through trash and sell stuff. None of it is municipal.
Where is the key for Poptropica in the pink panther?
it's on the bottom floor. you have to search the trash can for it in the bathroom.
How do you get tickets to get in the tunnel on poptropica?
there is a trashcan in down town that you can search it.in the trash barrel.
