Can the police search your house if they arrest someone who lives with you?
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Can the police search your house if they arrest someone who lives with you?
If someone who lives with me gets arrested for drugs somewhere else, can they search my house?
Asked on April 29, 2012 under Criminal Law, Florida
Answers:
Kevin Bessant / Law Office of Kevin Bessant & Associates
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Typically police officers need a search warrant to actually search your home. With an arrest warrant, officers can enter your home to perform an arrest, but they are only allowed to do what's called a cursory sweep or protective sweep of the home to search in various rooms and areas of the home for their own safety.
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