can police pull you over and search car if you are in driveway?
917487
a cop can pull you over for anything... they can say your left back tire looks like it has less air than the others... but to search it, they can only do if your kids gives them permission or they have a warrant
110730
Usually it is a company that repos vehicles, when you don't pay the monthly payment.  They have the right, as long as it is in the driveway, and not garaged.\nIf it is the police, then you probably know the answer, or, someone in your house does, for sure.
31860
yes  and  always  take it serious   call police and report it and take safety precautions
999768
Actually, the police are trained in identifying plates and expiration stickers from other states.  If you are doing something suspicious or possibly violating a traffic law, you could get stopped and cited.
493841
Without a search warrant, police officers are NEVER allowed to enter your house aside from a few specific exceptions (exigent circumstances, consent, etc.).  If you believe the police are harassing you, you can file a civil action.  Be sure to get the officer's ID numbers next time they come and remember they can only enter if you let them, and without a warrant they cannot.
462806
The officers cannot conduct a search without a warrant or without probable cause, unless there are specific special circumstances.\n\nGenerally, the police can pull you over for any suspicion.  Expired tags, no front plates, broken taillight, etc.  If they then "smell" something suspicious (i.e., pot or alcohol), they can then search your car under suspicion of possession or DUI.  If they place you under arrest, they can basically search every inch of your car.\n\nIf they ask if they can search your car YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY NO!!!!!  If you consent to a search, they have the ability to search your entire car.\n\nIf they simply give you a ticket and search your car without consent, they have violated your rights.  If they find any evidence in your car, it cannot be used against you in court.  If they found nothing or no charges were placed against you, you should still make a complait to the police department they were from. It will go in their file and it may help someone else (or you) defend themself in the future.
634494
Go to the authorities.
249197
Depends on area. in Texas, the air belongs to the state. The dog can sniff all around the car without permission. Then if he alerts, the cops have probable cause to search farther.
1077998
I can't answer that question   because I don't know here you are, what the problems of the area are, or the department's history of actions. If I had to guess, I'd say it either had to do something to do with wondering if you were involved in either gang activity or drug activity or both, based on your age and the knowledge of gang and drug dealers frequently occupying flashy cars. They may also just checking your driver license which is legal in many states in order to know more about who you are and be familiar with persons in the are of his beat. There probably is some profiling involved, As far as the tinted windows,,, they are illlegal because it's harder for the driver to see out bit was written to protect officers approaching vehicles on traffic stops. There is a tint meter, an electronic handheld device that quickly and precisely measure the degree of tint on the window. Best advice I can give you, be polite and don't get upset if you get stopped, you'll just piss some aggresive ooficer to want to find something to charge you with and sarch your car. If he asks if he can search you car, say no. As long as there is nothing inside the car in "plain view", he can't search your car     unless he entices you or trys to scare you into giving him permission. Just say no, and if he uses tactics like threatening to charge you with some other charge or something, remember exactly all the details. Its illegal and a vilation of your 4th ammendment rights. If he wants to search it after you say no, he has to go get a search warrant first, or find a reason to arrest you, then he can search it as a pretext to arrest, or inventory the contents if impounded. He can also legally search anywhere in the vehicle within your reach for his own protection, and courts have ruled tha pretty much includes anywhere in the interior including the glove box. If its locked, he has to explain that if you bring it up in court. To look in your trunk, he needs your consent or arrest you, find something illegal in the interiuor, or inventory it if impounded..or get a search warrant. If you want more advice, if your a suspect in something, use your right to remain silent. You don't have to say anything and most cases are made based on getting the suspect to implicate himself...One exception to keeping your mouth shut, most states do have a seperate law that requires you to answer with your name and dob if asked. Courts have upheld failure to do so and that gives him right to arrest and search you and vehicle. Other than that, keep quite.
839176
You have the right to refuse.  But they can also find reasons to do the search anyway, example:  If they arrest you, they do not need permission.\n\nBut it all comes down to, if you have nothing to hide let them search.  Also, if you do not have frequent contact with the police and don't hang out with the wrong people, chances are they will never ask to search your car.
1122799
Not unless your city has a speicfic local code about it.\n\nAnd of course it is a public street ( not private) and it is on a public right of way, not blocking someones drive.\n\nso let her call the police, if we are wrong the worst they should do is merley ask you to move it.\n\nOr if you live in Atlanta, they will laugh at the lady on the phone, since they are so busy they don't even come if your car has been broken into ( they really don't, they merley tell you to call and report it over the phone the next day)
974509
You could try, but it will probably just cost you more money in court costs in the end anyway, from experience I have learned that you could have all the evidence in your favor, and the judge will still side with the police, at least your car was not damaged and was in piece when you gt it back. I had mine towed unlawfully recently, and they really fucked it up!!!! Good luck!!!! I hope you don't live in Illinois, if so don't EVEN bother trying to fight it, no contest!!!!
312063
WHAT?\n\nIf you are asked for permission to search your car, and you decline to give permission to have your car searched, that does NOT provide probable cause.  What a ridiculous notion.  It is your right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure, and merely exercising that right does not give the government probable cause to conduct it.  What kind of sense would that make?\n\nThe answer to your question, quite simply, is yes.  There are many reasons why the police might be able to legally search your vehicle without your permission, and if you've got a specific circumstances you're wondering about, post it and we'll see.\n\nProbable cause is one of the ways the police can search your car, and yes - the police get to decide that right there on the spot.  It's always subject to litigation later in court, but the police are allowed to search a vehicle under almost all conditions where probable cause is present.\n\nThere's a comment here about "Nope, but, it's your right to stop them if they do" and if that person is suggesting that you physically try to stop a police officer from searching your car, you're going to learn real quick that that isn't acceptable.  You always have the right to say no...always...even with a warrant, but that doesn't mean your wishes will be honored.  And if you try to physically enforce your wishes, I can just about guarantee you a really quick trip to the pokey.\n\nPolice cannot just impound your vehicle until you consent.  Equally ridiculous notion.  Given probable cause, police do not need to impound your vehicle and can just search it right there.\n\nMy answers are based on the Constitution and California law.  Iowa cannot make it any easier for the police than the Constitution does, but they can make it more restrictive.  I'd be willing to bet the rules are the same in Iowa, though.\n\nEDIT 4.26.06:\n\nDo we sometimes search "just because"?  Well, "just because" isn't a legal theory that allows a search, so we'd be wrong to search without your permission just because we chose to.  With your permission, however, we certainly could search "just because," and I suppose I have when I've had the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and I've received consent.
410607
I would check with your local law enforcement agency.
202559
No. Once a warrant has been served, you have no rights to "supervise" the search. Who is to say that you will try to direct the search AWAY from where what they are looking for? The house will be systematically searched while they try to find what they are looking for as you sit handcuffed in the living room or in a squad car. Handcuffed for your and the officers' safety, I might add - not necessarily because you have been arrested.\n\nNow, don't get taken in by Hollywood hype. While it happens quite often in the movies that cops plant evidence, it is very infrequent - if not outright rare - that it happens in real life. Most cops are honest, hard-working people just doing their job.\n\nDoes it happen? Yes - but very, very infrequently.
1042055
Any search or seizure of an automobile must be "reasonable" under the 4th Amendment.  Reasonableness is determined by the particular circumstances of the situation.  With automobiles, a court will consider the totality of the circumstances that gave rise to the officer's decision to search your car.  There will never be a simple answer to this question.  If you are just speeding, then it is extremely unlikely that any evidence acquired from a non-consentual search of your vehicle may be used against you in court.  However, if you are acting nervous, sweating, stuttering, smell like alcohol, etc., then the determination of whether the search was reasonable under the circumstances will be made by the judge.  Also, the search must be reasonable prior to the officer's decision to conduct the search.  So, if he opens the trunk without your permission and finds a weapon, he cannot legally expand his search to other areas of the car.  He may try, but any evidence acquired will not be admissable against you in court (including evidence found in the trunk).  So, if you are stopped and an officer asks to search your vehicle, you have the right to refuse the search.  However, a drug sniffing dog may be used to smell for drugs (or bombs, etc.).  Further, an officer may look into the vehicle from the outside for any items which suggest illegal activity.  If a visual inspection or a drug dog reveals the possibility of illegal activity, the officer may have a reasonable basis for conducting a search despite your refusal.\n\nUltimately, you do not have to consent to any search of an automobile.  However, a police officer may search your vehicle despite your refusal.  If the search was legitimately based on reasonable suspicions of illegal activity, then anything produced from the search may be admitted against you as evidence in court.
696381
The key is "if I get pulled over"\n\nSon, you better drive like a saint\nand pray like one too.\n\nThe police have plenty of things to keep them occupied and if you are driving like a law abiding citizen, it is highly unlikely that you will get pulled over.\n\nGood luck on your job hunt !