are cops aloud to pull you over and search your vehicle?

Question

are they aloud too? and if they are how and why..like what do they have to pull you over for. to be able to search your vehicle???

Answer 1

if they have reasonable doubt that your carrying something illegal they can pull you over and search.

(However if they search your car agaisnt your will and find nothing you can sue them, tho i can't see why anyone would)

and sorry i kno this annoys ppl and you can't change it anyway but...the word aloud is really spelled "allowed" in the way your using it

Answer 2

The cops can always find a reason to pull you over. They can say you rolled through a stop sign, or you crossed the centerline, etc. They cannot search you vehicle without your permission or unless they arrest you or see something in "plain view" in your vehicle.
I've said this before here, and I'll say it again. Never, ever give the police permission to search your vehicle. Even if you know you have done nothing wrong, don't do it. They will "lean on you," but, it is a matter of civil rights. We do not yet live in a police state. Let's hope we never do.

Answer 3

Without realizing all of the information I'll will simply say that this... The trunk is a locked compartment no longer available regularly until you will have a kind of little hatches among the trunk and the again seat. If there was once anybody who might have reached via, I'd say there is a threat the officer was once best insuring he knew wherein the weapon was once for the duration of the direction of the give up. Otherwise, I'd say the officer will have to have checked you for a enable to convey your weapon. You do not furnish your town or state knowledge hence it is complicated to study an reply so that you can comprise legislation and ordinances. There is a really new ruling from the Supreme Court that prohibits a "seek incident to arrest." This does no longer imply the officer does not have additional possible intent to invoke a resolution founded upon "exigent instances." Vehicles are precise while it issues searches due to the fact of the "exigent instances" worried. It is one time an officer can habits a warrant-much less seek offered the officer DOES have possible intent. Otherwise...the officer demands both consent or a seek warrant.

Answer 4

Police can pull you over for any traffic violation, if they believe you are acting suspicious, or for equipment violations. Once they pull you over if they have probable cause they can search your car without a warrant. They can ask for your permission, and if you say yes and they don't find anything you cannot sue(Someone claimed that in an answer). If you said they could search then it is a legal search and you have no grounds to sue. They can also hold you there and call a drug dog. If the dog smells anything it is probable cause and they can search.

Answer 5

They need a reason to pull you over first, and then they need a reason to search. If you have a prior arrest record and they know you by name then yes, but they still need a reason to pull you over. There is a double jeopardy law which is if they are behind you and they want you to pull over and you don't then they can search your vehicle. If you refuse them to search your car they can arrest you put you in the back of their car and search it anyways, and the reason for being pulled over has to be for more then a seat belt, since there is no violation they can not search your car. Federal law requires the use of a seat belt. State law says seat belt are required. there is nothing that says it is mandatory to where a seat belt.
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Answer 6

They can pull you over on a traffic violation, whether real or fabricated, and at that point, if they have probable cause (i.e. sight or smell of illegal activity), they can ask to conduct a search. You may choose not to consent -and if you do, state so clearly- but the police will likely search your vehicle anyway, or at the very least threaten to.

You can find a lot of info by searching police abuse or vehicle searches.

Answer 7

Well i asked my dad and he said that a police can turn you over and search your car if he thinks there is something going on, but if you feel that it is for no reason that he pulled you over then you could call the station and ask them why the police pulled you over because the police will write a report on the search and will giev it in to the sattion.

Answer 8

If they have probable cause like ,smell marijuana, see your crack pipe on the seat, blood stains on that sheet that covers the big lump in the back seat etc. The answer is: they do need a reason to search, not just because they want to. You can refuse but they will get the dog and do it anyway and probably tear up your car.

Answer 9

If you didn't give permission, the officer would need probable cause to search the vehicle.

If he asked and you said yes...then you just gave up your 4th amendment right, and thus it became a legal search.

Answer 10

The police aren't allowed to search you without your consent or a warrant. If something illegal is in plain view or they have proof of something illegal in your car, then they can sieze it, but if they have no obvious motives, than you're well within your rights to deny them.