Q: if a safe is bolted to the floor of an apartment can the police search the safe
If I rent an apartment and and it has a safe that has been bolted to the floor it's not mine do the police have jurisdiction to search it
A: With a valid warrant, yes. Without a warrant but where there exists what the law calls "exigent circumstances," yes. But also in the law, everything is in the details, and so it is possible that the search may have been unlawful. So for a reliable answer to your question, the details of the incident will need to be discussed with a criminal law defense lawyer. Good luck!
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this question should be proffered to the lawyer who is to represent you.
technically you are in constructive possession of the safe.
everything would be FACT driven.
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