Can police enter without a warrant? 16 Answers as of July 19, 2012

Enter a business? Yes just like any other person with any access limitations that may apply to the public, but they can't conduct a search without a warrant or consent, and you can tell them to leave just like you can any other person. Enter your residence? Not without your consent or a warrant.

Sometimes. Depend on the circumstances which you left off.

NO! Unless one of a few extenuating circumstances exist. The prosecutor will usually claim one or more of these to justify the illegal search: Extenuating circumstances (the police reasonably believed someone's life was in danger or that you would destroy evidence) Hot pursuit (the police were chasing a fleeing felon who ran into your house) Consent (You allowed the police in) If none of these exceptions exist and the police come in anyway DO NOT INTERFERE and DO NOT SAY ANYTHING except "I wan't to speak to my attorney".

Under certain, limited circumstances - yes, they can. Search issues are very, very fact-specific, so your attorney will need to examine the entire case to determine if the entry was legal or not.

There are exceptions to the warrant requirement. Most often either consent or emergency circumstances are used. There are other exceptions as well, it all depends on the facts of the matter. If the police did enter unlawfully, then any evidence they might have discovered can be kept out of court. Consult with an attorney.

No, but most people are foolish enough that they'll consent, either directly or implicitly.

There are many Exceptions to basic Search and Seizure laws, as well as exceptions to warrant less home searches. Needless to say, police don't need a warrant if one of those Many exceptions is present.

Not if you say no.

There are exceptions to the requirement of a search warrant. This includes when it is impractical to secure a warrant or when there is explicit or implied consent to the search. Additionally warrants may not be required if circumstances preclude any reasonable expectation of privacy . Other exceptions include searches incident to a lawful arrest or searches ensure safety, such as ?stop and frisk? procedures searches of items in plain view; and searches of student belongings. Without an exception the police may not search your home without a warrant.

Yes they can under certain circumstances. For instance: a person is on searchable probation, or in an emergency.

There must be exigent circumstances like pursuit of criminal, stop ongoing crime it prevent destruction of evidence to allow warrantless entry.