Questions tagged [perimeter-search]

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Is perimeter search without a warrant ever legal?

Are perimeter searches without consent nor warrant ever legal? What if it's a motor vehicle / car? Is the situation different with a house?
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A perimeter search damaging one's property (e.g. motor vehicle)

It appears that one's consent is not required to perform a perimeter search. When such a search is performed by a K9 on one's motor vehicle, it's apparently very common to result in multiple scratches of varying severity, probably due to the paws of…
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