What is the current state or federal or state law on warrantless vehicle searches for identification?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Lopez, 255 Cal.Rptr.3d 526, 453 P.3d 150, 8 Cal.5th 353 (Cal. 2019):

warrantless vehicle searches for identification. No federal or state court has seen fit to adopt the rule; some have expressly rejected it. This, too, lends force to the argument for reevaluating whether such searches are permitted by the Fourth Amendment. (See Moradi-Shalal v. Firemans Fund Ins. Companies (1988) 46 Cal.3d 287, 298, 250 Cal.Rptr. 116, 758 P.2d 58 [reconsidering precedent when the "the clear consensus of ... out-of-state cases" suggests it falls well outside the mainstream].)

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