Table Of Contents
      Chapter 9: Searches of Vehicles:
         General Rule:
            The “Automobile Exception” to the Warrant Requirement
            Justification for the Rule
         Warrantless Searches of Vehicles
            Incident to Arrest
               The Rationale
               Containers
               Probable Cause Not Needed
               Limitations:
                  The Lunging Area
                  Contemporaneous in Time and Place
                  Transportation
                  Search Incident to a Citation
                  Searches where Arrestee is a “Recent Occupant:”
            Search With Probable Cause
               General Rule
               Problem: Limited Amount of Contraband
               Problem: Vehicle Already Impounded
               Problem: Closed Containers
               Problem: Motorhomes (and Other Vehicles)
               Problem: Expanding the Scope of the Search
               Evidence of Probable Cause
            Vehicle is Itself Evidence
            Inventory Searches
            "Pat Down" (or "Protective Search") of a Vehicle
            Statutory Automobile Inspections:
               V.C. § 2805(a): Elements
               V.C. § 2805(b): Elements
               Time and Manner of Inspections
               Penalties
               Relevant Definitions
               Downloading the Contents of an “Event Data Recorder”
               Case Law
            Searching for Driver’s License and Vehicle Documentation