Can the police search your house if they arrest someone who lives with you?
Question Details: If someone who lives with me gets arrested for drugs somewhere else, can they search my house?
Kevin Bessant / Law Office Of Kevin Bessant & Associates
Answered 11 months ago
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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.
