Exceptions to Warrants

Inventory

Once an individual is arrested, or his property is legally confiscated, police officers are often required to keep an inventory of items on the individual's person or in the individual's property. There are multiple justifications for these inventories, including protection of the officers from potentially dangerous situations, protection of police from claims of stolen property, and protection of the owner's property.

Officers generally need to take inventory of an arrestee's person, which, as stated, are a common exception to the warrant requirement. Sometimes these searches involve a more complicated issue if the search reveals containers belonging to the arrestee, as courts are forced to balance the justifications stated above with the privacy interest the arrestee has in those containers. . .

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