If I’m on probation for felony drug charges, can the sheriff and/or the probation officer can come into my house when I am not there
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If I’m on probation for felony drug charges, can the sheriff and/or the probation officer can come into my house when I am not there
Asked on August 26, 2016 under Criminal Law, Arkansas
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
In order to assist probation/parole officers with their supervision and to aid in the general law enforcement need to curb recidivism, many states require probationers/parolees to agree that their conditional release will be subject to curtailing their normal 4th Amendment rights. Accordingly, the probationer/parolee agrees to submit both themselves and their property, including their residence, to warrantless, suspicionless search and seizures by any correctional or law enforcement officer for the duration of their probationary/parole term.
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